OET interlinear NUM 9:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אֲנָשִׁ֗ים & אָדָ֔ם

men & humankind

Here the masculine terms men and a man have a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [people … human]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

טְמֵאִים֙ לְ⁠נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם

unclean to=living_creature humankind

The author is using unclean to a person of a man as a common expression of this culture to mean “unclean because of contact with a dead person’s body.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [unclean because of coming into contact with a corpse]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ⁠לֹא־יָכְל֥וּ

and=not could

The word translated as 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 since they were unclean, they were not able]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְ⁠לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Mosheh and,,before_of ʼAhₐron

Here, to the face of represents being in front of Moses and Aaron. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [before Moses and before Aaron]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֑וּא

in_the=day (the)=that

The author assumes that readers will know that day refers to the fourteenth day of the first month when the Passover was to be celebrated. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [on the day when the Passover would be celebrated]