OET interlinear NEH 9:30

uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠תִּמְשֹׁ֤ךְ עֲלֵי⁠הֶם֙ שָׁנִ֣ים רַבּ֔וֹת

and,patient with,them years many

Alternate translation: “you put up with them for a long time”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שָׁנִ֣ים רַבּ֔וֹת

years many

This is a figurative expression for “a long time.” The Levites are describing time by referring to something associated with it, the years in which time is measured. Alternate translation: “for a long time”

וַ⁠תָּ֨עַד בָּ֧⁠ם בְּ⁠רוּחֲ⁠ךָ֛ בְּ⁠יַד־נְבִיאֶ֖י⁠ךָ

and,warned in/on/at/with,them in/on/at/with,Spirit_of,your in/on/at/with,hand_of prophets_of,your

As in 9:20, spirit here seems to be a reference to God in person. If your language uses capitalization or some other convention to indicate that a word is referring to God, you could use it here. Alternate translation: “you spoke through the prophets by your Spirit to warn the Israelites about all the wrong things they were doing”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠יַד־נְבִיאֶ֖י⁠ךָ

in/on/at/with,hand_of prophets_of,your

This is a figurative way of saying that God had the prophets deliver his message to the Israelites the way a servant would carry a message in his hand. Alternate translation: “through the prophets”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠לֹ֣א הֶאֱזִ֑ינוּ

and=not listen

The Levites are describing the act of listening here by reference to something associated with it, the ear that hears. Alternate translation: “but they refused to listen”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠לֹ֣א הֶאֱזִ֑ינוּ

and=not listen

Listening in this context means not just to hear but to obey. Alternate translation: “but they refused to obey”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַֽ⁠תִּתְּנֵ֔⁠ם בְּ⁠יַ֖ד עַמֵּ֥י הָ⁠אֲרָצֹֽת

and,gave,them in/on/at/with,hand_of peoples_of the,lands

Here, hand represents power and control. See how you translated this expression in verse 27, where it occurs twice. Alternate translation: “you allowed the neighboring peoples to defeat them”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַֽ⁠תִּתְּנֵ֔⁠ם

and,gave,them

This word indicates that the sentence it introduces explains the results of what the previous sentence described. Alternate translation: “As a result, you gave them”