OET interlinear NUM 2:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠נָסַ֧ע אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֛ד

and,set_out tent/house meeting

Here Yahweh refers to the Israelites changing locations along with the tent of meeting as if the tent of meeting were a person who will set out with them. See how you translated the same use of “sets out” in [1:51](../01/51.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַחֲנֵ֥ה הַ⁠לְוִיִּ֖ם

camp_of the,Levites

Here, the camp of the Levites refers to the people who descended from Levi and set up their tents together. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “with the camp of the people who descended from Levi”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠ת֣וֹךְ הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנֹ֑ת

in_the=middle the,camps

This phrase means that the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will travel between the camps described in [2:3](../02/03.md)–[16](../02/16.md) and the camps described in [2:18](../02/18.md)–[31](../02/31.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “between one group of camps and the other group of camps”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַחֲנוּ֙ כֵּ֣ן יִסָּ֔עוּ & לְ⁠דִגְלֵי⁠הֶֽם

just=as camp yes/correct/thus/so set_out & by,standards_of,their

Here, they and their refer to all the Israelite tribes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “As all the Israelites came so will they set out … according to the banners of their tribes”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַחֲנוּ֙ כֵּ֣ן יִסָּ֔עוּ

just=as camp yes/correct/thus/so set_out

Here, came refers to arriving at a location and set out refers to leaving a location. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. See how you translated the same use of set out in [2:9](../02/09.md). Alternate translation: “As they arrive in a location so will they depart from that location”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִ֥ישׁ עַל־יָד֖⁠וֹ

(a)_man on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=hand

This phrase is an idiom that means “each person in his own position.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “each person in his own position”

Note 7 topic: translate-unknown

לְ⁠דִגְלֵי⁠הֶֽם

by,standards_of,their

See how you translated “banner” in [1:52](../01/52.md).