OET interlinear NUM 9:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וּ⁠בְ⁠יוֹם֙ הָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַ⁠מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן

and,on,the_day_of set_up DOM the,tabernacle

This day is the day that [Exodus 40:17](../../exo/40/17.md) refers to, which is the first day of the first month of the second year. So, this event occurred before the Passover described in the first half of this chapter, which took place on the fourteenth day of the first month. If it is helpful in your language, you might want to make it clear that the account that starts in this verse happened before the Passover in [9:1–14](../09/01.md). Alternate translation: [Now previously, on the day of the raising up of the Dwelling]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הֶֽ⁠עָנָן֙

the,cloud

The author assumes that readers will know that the cloud is the same cloud that led the Israelites when they left Egypt as described in [Exodus 13:21–22](../exo/13/21.md). You could say this explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the same cloud that went before them when they left Egypt]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אֶת־הַ⁠מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן לְ⁠אֹ֖הֶל הָ⁠עֵדֻ֑ת

DOM the,tabernacle DOM the,tabernacle of,the_tent_of of,the_testimony

The author is using the possessive form to describe a Dwelling that was inside the Tent of the Testimony. The Dwelling was the inner part of the sacred tent, and the Tent of the Testimony was the outer part that enclosed it. See [Exodus 26:1–13](../exo/26/01.md) for details, and see how you translated the similar words in [3:25](../03/25.md). 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 Dwelling that was inside the Tent of the Testimony]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יִהְיֶ֧ה עַֽל־הַ⁠מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן כְּ⁠מַרְאֵה־אֵ֖שׁ

will_belong on/upon the,tabernacle like_[the],appearance_of fire

The point of this comparison is that just as fire is bright and visible at night, so was the appearance over the Dwelling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [it is bright upon the Dwelling, like the appearance of fire]

Note 5 topic: translate-tense

יִהְיֶ֧ה

will_belong

Here and in [9:16–23](../09/16.md), the author uses the present tense to describe things that happened regularly and repeatedly in the past. See the chapter introduction for more information. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a tense that can refer to regular or repeated actions. Alternate translation: [it was]