OET interlinear NUM 11:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַ⁠יִּשְׁמַ֨ע מֹשֶׁ֜ה

and=he/it_listened Mosheh

The previous verses include background information about the manna. Here, the author returns to the main storyline. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that makes this explicit. Alternate translation: [Now when the people said those things, Moses heard]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֖ישׁ לְ⁠פֶ֣תַח אָהֳל֑⁠וֹ

(a)_man to,the_entrance_of his_tent_of,his

The author is not referring to a specific man. He means all the men in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [each of the men at the openings of their tents]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אִ֖ישׁ לְ⁠פֶ֣תַח אָהֳל֑⁠וֹ

(a)_man to,the_entrance_of his_tent_of,his

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [a person at the opening of his or her tent]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּֽחַר־אַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ מְאֹ֔ד

and=it_glowed/burnt also/though YHWH very

The phrase the nose of Yahweh burned is a common expression of this culture that means that Yahweh is angry. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and Yahweh’s anger greatly burned] or [and Yahweh was very enraged]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠בְ⁠עֵינֵ֥י מֹשֶׁ֖ה

and,in,the_eyes_of Mosheh

The phrase in the eyes of is a common expression of this culture that means “in the judgment of” or “in the opinion of.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and in the judgment of Moses]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רָֽע

bad

Here, the author could mean that Moses considers evil: (1) what the people did. Alternate translation: [what the people did was evil] (2) that the people made Yahweh angry. Alternate translation: [it was evil that the people made Yahweh angry] (3) that Yahweh was angry. Alternate translation: [Yahweh’s anger was evil]