OET interlinear EZRA 10:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

אַ֣ךְ

only

The word only indicates that the sentence it introduces makes an exception from the larger group that was mentioned before. In 10:12 it appeared that the whole group was in agreement, but now we find out that there were four men who did not agree. Use a natural way to indicate this contrast that makes it clear that there were two men who opposed the idea, then two more joined them in opposing the idea. Alternate translation: [But a few, namely,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יוֹנָתָ֧ן & וְ⁠יַחְזְיָ֥ה & עָמְד֣וּ עַל־זֹ֑את וּ⁠מְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְ⁠שַׁבְּתַ֥י & עֲזָרֻֽ⁠ם

Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) & and,Jahzeiah & stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) (Some words not found in UHB: only Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of ˊAsāh^ʼēl and,Jahzeiah son_of Tikvah stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) and,Meshullam and,Shabbethai the,Levite they,supported_them )

The implication is that while these four men spoke up in the assembly against investigating who among the Israelites had married foreign wives, their protests were unsuccessful. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: [Jonathan … and Jahzeiah … did not want the community to investigate who had married foreign women. And Meshullam and Shabbethai … supported them, but they were not able to convince the assembly] Alternatively, you could express this idea at the beginning of verse 16.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

יוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל

Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) (Some words not found in UHB: only Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of ˊAsāh^ʼēl and,Jahzeiah son_of Tikvah stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) and,Meshullam and,Shabbethai the,Levite they,supported_them )

Jonathan is the name of a man, and Asahel is the name of his father.

Note 4 topic: translate-names

וְ⁠יַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־תִּקְוָ֖ה

and,Jahzeiah son_of (Some words not found in UHB: only Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of ˊAsāh^ʼēl and,Jahzeiah son_of Tikvah stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) and,Meshullam and,Shabbethai the,Levite they,supported_them )

Jahzeiah is the name of a man, and Tikvah is the name of his father.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עָמְד֣וּ עַל־זֹ֑את

stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f)

Here, stood against something means to have opposed it. Alternate translation: [did not want the community to investigate who had married foreign women]

Note 6 topic: translate-names

וּ⁠מְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְ⁠שַׁבְּתַ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: only Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of ˊAsāh^ʼēl and,Jahzeiah son_of Tikvah stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this(f) and,Meshullam and,Shabbethai the,Levite they,supported_them )

These are the names of two men.