OET interlinear NUM 7:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָאשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֣ית

heads_of house_of

Here, the author is speaking of the leaders or rulers of the houses of their fathers as if they were the heads of those families. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the rulers of the houses]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑⁠ם

house_of their_fathers_of,their

See how you translated the similar phrase in 1:2. Alternate translation: [the family groups of their ancestors]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וַ⁠יַּקְרִ֨יבוּ֙

and,they_brought_near

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. The verb presented needs an object to make clear what they presented. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [presented an offering]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָ⁠עֹמְדִ֖ים עַל

[were]_the,[ones_who]_stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in

Here, the author is speaking of the leaders as if they were standing over the people they supervised. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the ones who oversaw]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / events

הַ⁠פְּקֻדִֽים

the_enrolled,[men]

As the first note to 7:1 makes clear, the events in this chapter happened before the census in chapters 1–2. So, these people have not yet been counted. If it is helpful in your language, you might want to make it clear that the counting happened after the events in this chapter. Alternate translation: [the ones who would be counted]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠פְּקֻדִֽים

the_enrolled,[men]

The expression the counted ones is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. See how you translated the similar phrase in 2:4. Alternate translation: [the ones whom they, Moses, and Aaron counted]