OET interlinear NUM 11:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠לָֽקְט֜וּ וְ⁠טָחֲנ֣וּ בָ⁠רֵחַ֗יִם א֤וֹ דָכוּ֙ בַּ⁠מְּדֹכָ֔ה וּ⁠בִשְּׁלוּ֙ בַּ⁠פָּר֔וּר

and,they_gathered and,they_ground in,hand-mill or crushed in,mortar and,they_boiled in,pot

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and they gathered the manna, and they ground it in the mill or crushed it in the mortar, and they boiled it in the pot]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

וְ⁠טָחֲנ֣וּ בָ⁠רֵחַ֗יִם א֤וֹ דָכוּ֙ בַּ⁠מְּדֹכָ֔ה

and,they_ground in,hand-mill or crushed in,mortar

A mill is a kind of stone tool used for grinding grain. A mortar is a stone bowl in which people would crush grain. If your readers would not be familiar with what a mill or a mortar is, you could use more general terms or explain them in a footnote. Alternate translation: [and they ground with stones that they used for grinding grain or crushed in bowls with special stones]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְ⁠טָחֲנ֣וּ בָ⁠רֵחַ֗יִם א֤וֹ דָכוּ֙ בַּ⁠מְּדֹכָ֔ה

and,they_ground in,hand-mill or crushed in,mortar

Here, mill and mortar represent grinding tools in general, not specific grinding tools. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use expressions that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and they ground in mills or crushed in mortars]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

עֻג֑וֹת

cakes

Here, cakes are a kind of bread baked in a flat, round shape. If your readers would not be familiar with what cakes are, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [flat, round loaves]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

הַ⁠שָּֽׁמֶן

of_(the),oil

The author is not referring to a specific oil. He means oil 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: [oil]