OET interlinear NUM 14:43

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּי֩

that/for/because/then/when

Here the word For introduces not a reason but an explanation. Alternate translation: [More specifically,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

הָ⁠עֲמָלֵקִ֨י וְ⁠הַ⁠כְּנַעֲנִ֥י

the,Amalekite[s] and=the=Kənaˊₐnīte

Here, the Amalekite and the Canaanite represent Amalekites and Canaanites in general, not specific individuals. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use expressions that would be more natural in your language. See how you translated the similar forms in [verse 25](../14/25.md). Alternate translation: [the Amalekites and the Canaanites]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵי⁠כֶ֔ם

before,,you(pl)

Here, to your face represents being in front of you. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in front of you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠נְפַלְתֶּ֖ם בֶּ⁠חָ֑רֶב

and,you(pl)_will_fall by,sword

Moses is using fall by the sword as a common expression of his culture to mean “die in battle.” 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. See how you translated the similar words in [verse 3](../14/03.md). Alternate translation: [and you will die in battle]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן שַׁבְתֶּם֙ מֵ⁠אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְ⁠לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּ⁠כֶֽם

that/for/because/then/when on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so turned_back from,after YHWH and=not will_belong YHWH with,you(pl)

Here, the phrase for upon this introduces a reason, which is you returned from after Yahweh. This clause could be the reason: (1) why the Israelites will fall by the sword. Alternate translation: [since you returned from after Yahweh. And Yahweh will not be with you] (2) why Yahweh will not be with them. Alternate translation: [and because you returned from after Yahweh, Yahweh will not be with you]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שַׁבְתֶּם֙ מֵ⁠אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה

turned_back from,after YHWH

Here, Moses is speaking as if the Israelites had literally been walking behind Yahweh but then returned from after him. He means that they stopped living in the manner in which Yahweh wants people to live. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you stopped following Yahweh] or [you did not do what Yahweh said]