OET interlinear EZRA 3:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּ֨תְּנוּ

and,gave

Here, the word and indicates that the sentence it introduces will explain what people did as a result of the situation that the previous sentence described. Alternate translation: “And so they gave”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יִּ֨תְּנוּ־כֶ֔סֶף לַ⁠חֹצְבִ֖ים וְ⁠לֶ⁠חָרָשִׁ֑ים

and,gave money to_the,masons and,to_the,carpenters

The implication is that the Jewish leaders did this, and the rest of the things the verse describes, in order to start construction on the new temple. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “In order to start building a new temple, the Jewish leaders hired masons and carpenters”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּ֨תְּנוּ־כֶ֔סֶף לַ⁠חֹצְבִ֖ים וְ⁠לֶ⁠חָרָשִׁ֑ים

and,gave money to_the,masons and,to_the,carpenters

Gave is an idiom that means the Jewish leaders paid money to these workers in exchange for their expected labor. The money was not a gift. Alternate translation: “And they hired masons and carpenters”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יִּ֨תְּנוּ־כֶ֔סֶף

and,gave money

Here, silver means money. Though the payment may have been in the form of silver bars, such as are described in 2:69, it may also have been in the form of some other type of money. The book is describing a payment by reference to something that was the most common type of money. Alternate translation: “And they paid money”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

לַ⁠חֹצְבִ֖ים

to_the,masons

The term masons describes workers who build things from stone. Alternate translation: “stoneworkers”

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

וְ⁠לֶ⁠חָרָשִׁ֑ים

and,to_the,carpenters

The term carpenters describes workers who build things from wood. Alternate translation: “woodworkers”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠מַאֲכָ֨ל וּ⁠מִשְׁתֶּ֜ה וָ⁠שֶׁ֗מֶן לַ⁠צִּֽדֹנִים֙ וְ⁠לַ⁠צֹּרִ֔ים

and,food and,drink and,oil to_the,Sidonians and,to_the,Tyrians

This phrase describes a further step that the Jewish leaders took to rebuild the temple. The words they gave, earlier in the sentence, apply to this phrase as well. In this case, gave would now have the sense of “sent,” since the leaders sent the food, drink, and oil to people in distant cities. Alternate translation: “and they also sent grain and wine and olive oil to people who lived in the cities of Sidon and Tyre”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וּ⁠מַאֲכָ֨ל וּ⁠מִשְׁתֶּ֜ה וָ⁠שֶׁ֗מֶן

and,food and,drink and,oil

While these are all general terms that describe categories of things, the book is likely using them to refer to specific items within each category. While food means anything to eat, here it probably means grain, which the Israelites grew in their land and which they could transport relatively easily. Similarly, drink means anything to drink, but it probably means wine, and oil probably means olive oil, because these were both things that the Israelites also produced and could transport. Alternate translation: “and grain and wine and olive oil”

Note 9 topic: translate-names

לַ⁠צִּֽדֹנִים֙ וְ⁠לַ⁠צֹּרִ֔ים

to_the,Sidonians and,to_the,Tyrians

These are the names of two people groups. The terms describe the residents of the cities of Sidon and Tyre, which were located on the seacoast north of Israel.

Note 10 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

לְ⁠הָבִיא֩

to=bring

This phrase describes the purpose for which the Jewish leaders took the actions just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a term such as “so that” to indicate this. Alternate translation: “so that they would bring”

Note 11 topic: translate-unknown

עֲצֵ֨י אֲרָזִ֤ים

tree/wood_of cedar

The term cedar refers to large fir trees with strong, beautiful, aromatic wood that were valued for construction. Such trees grew plentifully and grew to great heights in the region of Lebanon. Alternate translation: “cedar trees”

Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִן־הַ⁠לְּבָנוֹן֙ אֶל־יָ֣ם יָפ֔וֹא

from/more_than the,Lebanon to/towards sea Joppa

The sea of Joppa is not the name of a body of water. Instead, that term refers to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea at the port city of Joppa. This full phrase means that the people of Tyre and Sidon were to cut cedar trees in Lebanon and transport them to Israel by floating them along the seacoast to the port of Joppa. Alternate translation: “by sea from Lebanon to Joppa”

Note 13 topic: translate-names

הַ⁠לְּבָנוֹן֙

the,Lebanon

Lebanon is the name of a place. It was a mountainous region located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of Israel.

Note 14 topic: translate-names

יָפ֔וֹא

Joppa

Joppa is the name of a city.

Note 15 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כְּ⁠רִשְׁי֛וֹן כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַ֖ס עֲלֵי⁠הֶֽם

according_to,authorization Kōresh king Pāraş had,they

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form. Alternate translation: “for King Cyrus of Persia had authorized them to do this”

Note 16 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כְּ⁠רִשְׁי֛וֹן כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַ֖ס עֲלֵי⁠הֶֽם

according_to,authorization Kōresh king Pāraş had,they

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the abstract noun permission with a verb. Alternate translation: “since King Cyrus of Persia had authorized them to do this”

Note 17 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כְּ⁠רִשְׁי֛וֹן כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַ֖ס עֲלֵי⁠הֶֽם

according_to,authorization Kōresh king Pāraş had,they

If it would be helpful in your language, you could put this sentence earlier or even first in the verse since it gives the reason for the actions that the rest of the verse describes. You could also show the connection by beginning the next sentence with a phrase such as “and so.” Alternate translation: “King Cyrus of Persia had authorized the Jewish leaders to get the materials they needed to rebuild the temple, and so”