OET interlinear NUM 17:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

sons_of Yisrael

Here, the sons of Israel represents the people or descendants of Israel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the people of Israel]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מַטֶּ֣ה מַטֶּה֩ לְ⁠בֵ֨ית אָ֜ב מֵ⁠אֵ֤ת כָּל־נְשִֽׂיאֵ⁠הֶם֙ לְ⁠בֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔⁠ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת

staff staff for_[the],house_of ancestral from,with all/each/any/every leaders_of,their to,the_house_of their_ancestors_of,their two ten staffs

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the information about how many staffs there were before the information about whom the staffs represented. You may also be able to combine or shorten some of the phrases. Alternate translation: [12 staffs, one for each of the leaders for the house of each of their fathers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לְ⁠בֵ֨ית אָ֜ב & לְ⁠בֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔⁠ם

for_[the],house_of ancestral & to,the_house_of their_ancestors_of,their

Here and throughout this chapter, the phrases house of a father and house of their fathers refer to whole tribes. This is unlike Numbers 3-4, where the phrases refer to the largest divisions within each tribe. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [for an ancestral tribe … for each of their ancestral tribes]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שְׁמ֔⁠וֹ תִּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּֽ⁠הוּ

(a)_man DOM his/its=name write on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in rod_of,his

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the information about writing before the information about each man’s name. Alternate translation: [You shall write each man’s name on his staff]