OET interlinear NUM 3:49

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּקַּ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה

and=he/it_took Mosheh

And here indicates 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 / possession

כֶּ֣סֶף הַ⁠פִּדְי֑וֹם

money_of the,redemption

Here Moses uses the possessive form to describe the silver that was the ransom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the silver, that is, the ransom”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הָ⁠עֹ֣דְפִ֔ים עַ֖ל

the,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 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

פְּדוּיֵ֥י הַ⁠לְוִיִּֽם

redeemed_of the,Levites

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “the ones whom the Levites ransomed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פְּדוּיֵ֥י

redeemed_of

Here, ransomed refers to paying for lives by substituting them with other lives, whereas ransom earlier in the verse referred to paying for lives with money. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the ones substituted by” or “the ones who were replaced by”