OET interlinear EZRA 4:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / aside

דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔⁠א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹ⁠הִי

this/about_this copy_of letter,the that/who sent to,him

They means the men listed in 4:9. The book is interrupting its quotation after the preamble to make sure that readers know that the text of the letter itself will now follow.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔⁠א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹ⁠הִי

this/about_this copy_of letter,the that/who sent to,him

If you used quotation marks or some other punctuation or convention to indicate the beginning of the quotation at the start of 4:9, you should use the same means to indicate that there is a break in the quotation at the end of 4:10, and then show that the quotation resumes after this sentence.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא

ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ

Artaxerxes is the name of a man. See how you translated it in 4:7.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

עַבְדָ֛י⁠ךְ אֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖⁠ה

servants_of,your men_of province_beyond river,the

Here the officials identify themselves as the senders of this letter, and they refer to themselves in the third person as your servants in order to address the king as their superior with humility and respect. Alternate translation: “from your officials in the province of Beyond-the-River”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַבְדָ֛י⁠ךְ אֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖⁠ה

servants_of,your men_of province_beyond river,the

In this context, men means people, so this phrase means people who live in Beyond-the-River province. But together with the preceding phrase, your servants, it means specifically those who work for the king there, that is, his royal officials. Alternate translation: “from your officials in the province of Beyond-the-River”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וּ⁠כְעֶֽנֶת

and,now

As in 4:10, the phrase translated and now is an Aramaic expression that introduces the main business of a letter. If your language has a comparable expression that it uses for this same purpose, you can use that in your translation. Otherwise, you do not need to represent this expression.