OET interlinear NUM 14:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ דִּבַּרְתִּי֒

I YHWH spoken

The implication is that when Yahweh speaks something, it will certainly happen. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I, Yahweh, have spoken, so it will happen]

Note 2 topic: writing-oathformula

אִם־לֹ֣א ׀ זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עֵדָ֤ה הָֽ⁠רָעָה֙ הַ⁠זֹּ֔את הַ⁠נּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑⁠י

if not this(f) do to/from=all/each/any/every the,congregation the,evil (the),this [which,has]_gathered on,me

Following the custom of this culture, Yahweh is swearing an oath by stating the first part of a condition (if I do not do this to all this evil congregation, the ones congregating against me) but not the second part (“then”). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explicitly state the second part of this condition. Alternate translation: [If I do not do this to all this evil congregation, the ones congregating against me, may I strike myself dead]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

זֹ֣את

this(f)

Here, the pronoun this could refer to: (1) what Yahweh has declared in the previous verses. Alternate translation: [those things] (2) what he says at the end of this verse. Alternate translation: [what I am about to say]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּ֥ר הַ⁠זֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְ⁠שָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ

in,wilderness the=this come_to_an_end and=there die

These two phrases In this wilderness they will finish and there they will die 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 this wilderness they will end their lives and die]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִתַּ֖מּוּ

come_to_an_end

Yahweh is using they will finish as a common expression of his culture to mean “they will die.” 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: [they will end their lives] or [they will experience death]