OET interlinear NUM 12:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דְבָרָ֑⁠י

words_of,my

Here, words represents what God will say by using words. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [what I am about to say]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

אִם־יִֽהְיֶה֙ נְבִ֣יאֲ⁠כֶ֔ם יְהוָ֗ה בַּ⁠מַּרְאָה֙ אֵלָ֣י⁠ו אֶתְוַדָּ֔ע

if will_belong prophet_of,your(pl) YHWH by,vision to=him/it make_~_known

Yahweh is describing a possible condition in which he will make himself known in a vision only if there is a prophet of Yahweh. Express this possible condition in a way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Suppose that there is a prophet of yours of Yahweh. In that case, in the vision I will make myself known to him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

נְבִ֣יאֲ⁠כֶ֔ם יְהוָ֗ה

prophet_of,your(pl) YHWH

The author is using the possessive form to describe a prophet who belongs to and speaks for Yahweh. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [a prophet among you through whom I speak]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

יְהוָ֗ה

YHWH

Yahweh is speaking of himself in the third person as Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [of mine]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בַּ⁠מַּרְאָה֙ אֵלָ֣י⁠ו אֶתְוַדָּ֔ע בַּ⁠חֲל֖וֹם אֲדַבֶּר־בּֽ⁠וֹ

by,vision to=him/it make_~_known by,a_dream speak in/on/over=him/it

These two phrases in the vision I will make myself known to him and In the dream I will speak with him mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [in the vision or the dream I will reveal myself to him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בַּ⁠מַּרְאָה֙ & בַּ⁠חֲל֖וֹם

by,vision & by,a_dream

Here, vision and dream represent supernatural revelations in general, not specific visions or dreams. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use expressions that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [in a vision … In a dream]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אֵלָ֣י⁠ו & בּֽ⁠וֹ

to=him/it & in/on/over=him/it

Here the masculine terms to him and with him have 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: [to that person … with that person]