OET interlinear EZRA 2:55

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of of,Hassophereth sons_of Pərūdāʼ )

Here, sons means descendants. Alternate translation: [Some of the descendants of the laborers who had worked for the kingdom also returned]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה

servants_of (Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of of,Hassophereth sons_of Pərūdāʼ )

By servants of Solomon, this list does not mean officials who served in Solomon’s court. Rather, this phrase refers to people whom Solomon first conscripted as laborers. They were descendants of the groups that were living in the land of Canaan before the Israelites occupied it. They and their descendants remained conscripted laborers (slaves) under later kings. Alternate translation: [the laborers that King Solomon first conscripted] or [the laborers who had worked for the kingdom under Solomon]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנֵי־סֹטַ֥י בְּנֵי־הַ⁠סֹּפֶ֖רֶת בְּנֵ֥י פְרוּדָֽא

(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of of,Hassophereth sons_of Pərūdāʼ )

Here, sons means descendants. Alternate translation: [they were from the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,] beginning a series that will continue through 2:57.

Note 4 topic: translate-names

סֹטַ֥י & הַ⁠סֹּפֶ֖רֶת & פְרוּדָֽא

Şōţay & (Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of of,Hassophereth sons_of Pərūdāʼ )

These are the names of three men.