OET interlinear EZRA 3:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲשׂ֛וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_made DOM feast_of of_(the),booths according,[what_is]_written and,a_burnt_offering_of day in/on=day by,number according,to_[the]_ordinance_of message/matter_of day in=its=day )

The word Then indicates that the events the story will now recount came after the event it has just related. If it would be helpful in your language, you could show this relationship by using an equivalent phrase. The next event is specifically the Festival of Tabernacles, which the law of Moses said to observe from the fifteenth through the twenty-second days of the seventh month. So that event would have taken place about two weeks after the Israelites first gathered in Jerusalem. Alternate translation: [Later that month]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲשׂ֛וּ אֶת־חַ֥ג הַ⁠סֻּכּ֖וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_made DOM feast_of of_(the),booths according,[what_is]_written and,a_burnt_offering_of day in/on=day by,number according,to_[the]_ordinance_of message/matter_of day in=its=day )

This phrase describes the Israelites celebrating an observance that is also known as the Festival of Tabernacles. The purpose of this festival was to remind the Israelites how Yahweh had cared for their ancestors when they lived in temporary shelters as they traveled through the wilderness from Egypt to Canaan. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [The Israelites celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles to remember how God had taken care of their ancestors when they had only temporary shelters to live in as they traveled through the wilderness from Egypt to Canaan]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כַּ⁠כָּת֑וּב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_made DOM feast_of of_(the),booths according,[what_is]_written and,a_burnt_offering_of day in/on=day by,number according,to_[the]_ordinance_of message/matter_of day in=its=day )

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form, and you could say who did the action. Alternate translation: [as God had commanded the people of Israel to do through Moses]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠עֹלַ֨ת י֤וֹם בְּ⁠יוֹם֙ בְּ⁠מִסְפָּ֔ר כְּ⁠מִשְׁפַּ֖ט דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּ⁠יוֹמֽ⁠וֹ

and,a_burnt_offering_of day (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_made DOM feast_of of_(the),booths according,[what_is]_written and,a_burnt_offering_of day in/on=day by,number according,to_[the]_ordinance_of message/matter_of day in=its=day )

These expressions refer to the way the law of Moses commanded the Israelites to offer a different number of sacrifices on each of the eight days of this festival. Alternate translation: [they offered burnt offerings every day, and on each day they offered the number of sacrifices that the law specified for that day]