OET interlinear NUM 9:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וּ⁠בְ⁠הַאֲרִ֧יךְ הֶֽ⁠עָנָ֛ן

and,when,made_long the,cloud

The author is speaking of the cloud as if it were a living thing that could decide to stay in one place. He means that Yahweh had the cloud stay in one place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And when Yahweh has the cloud remain]

Note 2 topic: writing-poetry

וְ⁠שָׁמְר֧וּ & אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת יְהוָ֖ה

and,they_kept & DOM charge_of YHWH

The author is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of saying this. Alternate translation: [keep the command of Yahweh]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת יְהוָ֖ה

DOM charge_of YHWH

The author is using the possessive form to describe a keeping that is required by Yahweh. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what Yahweh commanded them to keep]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ⁠לֹ֥א יִסָּֽעוּ

and=not set_out

The word and 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: [and as a result they do not set out]