OET interlinear PSA 80:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כָּסּ֣וּ הָרִ֣ים צִלָּ֑⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: cleared_the_ground before,,it and,it_took_root roots_of,its and,it_filled land )

Asaph is speaking of Israel as if it were a vine whose shadow covered the mountains. If this image communicates well in your language, please use it. If not, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: [The people spread even over the mountains]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כָּסּ֣וּ הָרִ֣ים צִלָּ֑⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: cleared_the_ground before,,it and,it_took_root roots_of,its and,it_filled land )

The expression were covered is a passive verbal form. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Its shadow covered the mountains]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ֝⁠עֲנָפֶ֗י⁠הָ אַֽרְזֵי־אֵֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: cleared_the_ground before,,it and,it_took_root roots_of,its and,it_filled land )

Asaph is speaking of Israel as if it were a vine whose branches were like the mighty cedars. If this image communicates well in your language, please use it. If not, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: [and the people became as strong as the mighty cedars]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אַֽרְזֵי־אֵֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: cleared_the_ground before,,it and,it_took_root roots_of,its and,it_filled land )

Asaph is using the possessive form to describe the cedars as being characterized by extraordinary greatness, as if they belong to God. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [were very great cedars]