OET interlinear NUM 25:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠מֻּכָּ֛ה הַ⁠מִּדְיָנִ֖ית

[who,was]_struck_down the_Midianite,[woman]

The expression being struck 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: [the Midianite woman whom Phinehas struck]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

כָּזְבִּ֣י בַת־צ֑וּר

Kozⱱī/(Cozbi) daughter_of Tsūr/(Zur)

The word Kozbi is the name of a woman, and the word Zur is the name of a man.

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

הֽוּא

he/it

The pronoun He refers to Zur, the father of Kozbi, not to Kozbi herself. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Kozbi’s father Zur]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רֹ֣אשׁ אֻמּ֥וֹת בֵּֽית אָ֛ב בְּ⁠מִדְיָ֖ן

head tribal (Some words not found in UHB: and=name_of the=woman [who,was]_struck_down the_Midianite,[woman] Kozⱱī/(Cozbi) daughter_of Tsūr/(Zur) head tribal house_of father's in,Midian he/it )

Here, the word translated as peoples could refer to: (1) a division of a people group that is the same size as a house of a father. The phrase a house of a father explains for readers what peoples means. Alternate translation: [was a head of peoples, that is, a head of a house of a father in Midian] (2) a division of a people group that is made up of several individual “houses of a father.” Zur would be the leader of several houses of a father. Alternate translation: [was a head of peoples, over several houses of a father in Midian]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רֹ֣אשׁ אֻמּ֥וֹת

head tribal

Here the author is speaking of Zur as if he were the head of these people. In this culture, the head was thought of as the leading part of the body. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the ruler over peoples]