OET interlinear PSA 79:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֭י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when devoured DOM Yaakob and=DOM habitation_of,its laid_waste )

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָכַ֣ל אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב

devoured DOM Yaakob

Here Asaph is speaking as if the enemy were a wild animal that devoured its prey. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [one has destroyed the people of Jacob]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

אָכַ֣ל

devoured

The pronoun one is indefinite and refers to the enemy nations mentioned in verse 6. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the enemy has devoured]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב

DOM Yaakob

Asaph is using the name Jacob to represent the nation of Israel, which descended from the patriarch Jacob. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Israel]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

הֵשַֽׁמּוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when devoured DOM Yaakob and=DOM habitation_of,its laid_waste )

The pronoun they shifts from the singular “one” and refers to the enemy nations. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the nations have desolated]

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

נָוֵ֥⁠הוּ

habitation_of,its

The pronoun his refers to Jacob, that is, the people of Israel. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Jacob’s habitation]