OET interlinear EZRA 10:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יַֽעֲמְדוּ־נָ֣א שָׂ֠רֵי⁠נוּ לְֽ⁠כָל־הַ⁠קָּהָ֞ל

represent now (Some words not found in UHB: represent now leaders_of,our to/from=all/each/any/every the,assembly and=all/each/any/every which/who [is]_in,cities_of,our who,he_has_married women/wives foreign come to,times appointed and,with,them elders_of (a)_city and,a_city and,judges_of,its until (to)_turn,back fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our from=him/it until to=the_word/thing/matter (the),this )

Here, stand for is an idiom that means “represent.” (In 10:16 it explains specifically how the community arranged for its leaders to be its representatives.) Alternate translation: [Let our leaders represent all of us]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הַ⁠הֹשִׁ֞יב נָשִׁ֤ים נָכְרִיּוֹת֙

(Some words not found in UHB: represent now leaders_of,our to/from=all/each/any/every the,assembly and=all/each/any/every which/who [is]_in,cities_of,our who,he_has_married women/wives foreign come to,times appointed and,with,them elders_of (a)_city and,a_city and,judges_of,its until (to)_turn,back fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our from=him/it until to=the_word/thing/matter (the),this )

See how you translated this expression in 10:2. Alternate translation: [those who have married foreign women]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לְ⁠עִתִּ֣ים מְזֻמָּנִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: represent now leaders_of,our to/from=all/each/any/every the,assembly and=all/each/any/every which/who [is]_in,cities_of,our who,he_has_married women/wives foreign come to,times appointed and,with,them elders_of (a)_city and,a_city and,judges_of,its until (to)_turn,back fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our from=him/it until to=the_word/thing/matter (the),this )

If your language does not use passive verbal forms, you can use an active form to express this same idea. Alternate translation: [at times that you set for each one] or [when you have arranged for them to come]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠עִמָּ⁠הֶ֛ם זִקְנֵי־עִ֥יר וָ⁠עִ֖יר וְ⁠שֹׁפְטֶ֑י⁠הָ

(Some words not found in UHB: represent now leaders_of,our to/from=all/each/any/every the,assembly and=all/each/any/every which/who [is]_in,cities_of,our who,he_has_married women/wives foreign come to,times appointed and,with,them elders_of (a)_city and,a_city and,judges_of,its until (to)_turn,back fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our from=him/it until to=the_word/thing/matter (the),this )

The phrase city by city is an idiom that means “each city.” Alternate translation: [with the elders and magistrates of each city]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חֲר֤וֹן אַף־אֱלֹהֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙

fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our

The idiom burning of the nose refers to being angry. Alternate translation: [our God’s anger]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עַ֠ד לְ⁠הָשִׁ֞יב חֲר֤וֹן אַף־אֱלֹהֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙ מִמֶּ֔⁠נּוּ עַ֖ד לַ⁠דָּבָ֥ר הַ⁠זֶּֽה

until (Some words not found in UHB: represent now leaders_of,our to/from=all/each/any/every the,assembly and=all/each/any/every which/who [is]_in,cities_of,our who,he_has_married women/wives foreign come to,times appointed and,with,them elders_of (a)_city and,a_city and,judges_of,its until (to)_turn,back fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our from=him/it until to=the_word/thing/matter (the),this )

When someone’s anger is turned back, that means that the person is no longer angry. Alternate translation: [until our God is no longer angry with us for disobeying in this way]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

לַ⁠דָּבָ֥ר הַ⁠זֶּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: represent now leaders_of,our to/from=all/each/any/every the,assembly and=all/each/any/every which/who [is]_in,cities_of,our who,he_has_married women/wives foreign come to,times appointed and,with,them elders_of (a)_city and,a_city and,judges_of,its until (to)_turn,back fierce_of also/though our_God_of,our from=him/it until to=the_word/thing/matter (the),this )

After this phrase, the book ends its quotation of what the assembly replied to Ezra on this occasion. If you decided in 10:12 to mark their words as a quotation, you should indicate their ending here with a closing quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the end of a quotation.