OET interlinear NUM 20:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יָּבֹ֣אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּל־הָ֨⁠עֵדָ֤ה מִדְבַּר־צִן֙ בַּ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽ⁠רִאשׁ֔וֹן

and=they_came sons_of Yisrael all/each/any/every the,congregation wilderness_of Tsin/(Zin) in,month (the),first

The author is using the word translated as And to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְנֵֽי יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל

sons_of Yisrael

See how you translated these same phrases in Numbers 1:2. Alternate translation: [the people of Israel]

Note 3 topic: translate-hebrewmonths

בַּ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽ⁠רִאשׁ֔וֹן

in,month (the),first

This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. It marks when God rescued the Israelites from the Egyptians. The first month is during the last part of March and the first part of April on the Western calendar.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽ⁠רִאשׁ֔וֹן

in,month (the),first

Here the author implies that this is the first month of the fortieth year since the Israelites left the land of Egypt. See the chapter introduction for more information. Alternate translation: [in the first month of the year that was forty years after they left Egypt]

Note 5 topic: translate-transliterate

מִדְבַּר צִן֙

wilderness_of Tsin/(Zin)

The word “Zin” here is the Hebrew name of the wilderness.

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יֵּ֥שֶׁב הָ⁠עָ֖ם

and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived the,people

The phrase the people refers to the sons of Israel. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [and the Israelites dwelt]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠תִּקָּבֵ֖ר שָֽׁם

and,she_was_buried there

The expression she was buried is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [they buried her there]