OET interlinear NUM 3:49

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּקַּ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה

and=he/it_took Mosheh

The words translated as And indicate that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a result of what came before. Alternate translation: [As a result, Moses took]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵ֖ת כֶּ֣סֶף הַ⁠פִּדְי֑וֹם

DOM money_of of,the_ransom

The implication is that this was the ransom money that Moses collected in shekels to pay for the firstborn Israelite males. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the silver of the ransom that he collected in shekels]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אֵ֖ת כֶּ֣סֶף הַ⁠פִּדְי֑וֹם

DOM money_of of,the_ransom

The author is using the possessive form to describe the silver that was paid as a ransom. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the silver for the ransom]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵ֖ת כֶּ֣סֶף הַ⁠פִּדְי֑וֹם

DOM money_of of,the_ransom

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of ransom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the silver, by which they were ransomed,]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הָ⁠עֹ֣דְפִ֔ים עַ֖ל

[those,who_were]_in_excess on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in

See how you translated this phrase in [3:46](../03/46.md).

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פְּדוּיֵ֥י הַ⁠לְוִיִּֽם

redeemed_of of,the_Levites

Here, ransoms of the Levites represents “the ones ransomed by the Levites.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the ones ransomed by the Levites]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

פְּדוּיֵ֥י הַ⁠לְוִיִּֽם

redeemed_of of,the_Levites

The author is using this possessive form to mean the ransoming that was accomplished when the Levites were given to God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the ransoms accomplished when the Levites were given to God]