OET interlinear EZRA 4:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מַלְכִ֣ין תַּקִּיפִ֗ין הֲווֹ֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשְׁלֶ֔ם

and,kings (Some words not found in UHB: and,kings mighty had on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and,having_mastery over,all_of province_beyond the,river and,tribute custom and,toll paid to,them )

These kings are described here in a spatial metaphor as being higher than or above Jerusalem to indicate that this was the place in which and from which they ruled. Alternate translation: [And powerful kings ruled from Jerusalem]

Note 2 topic: writing-background

וְ⁠שַׁ֨לִּיטִ֔ין

(Some words not found in UHB: and,kings mighty had on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and,having_mastery over,all_of province_beyond the,river and,tribute custom and,toll paid to,them )

This word even introduces further information. Alternate translation: [in fact, they ruled]

וְ⁠שַׁ֨לִּיטִ֔ין בְּ⁠כֹ֖ל עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑⁠ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,kings mighty had on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and,having_mastery over,all_of province_beyond the,river and,tribute custom and,toll paid to,them )

Alternate translation: [in fact, they ruled over the whole area that is Beyond-the-River province]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠מִדָּ֥ה בְל֛וֹ וַ⁠הֲלָ֖ךְ מִתְיְהֵ֥ב לְ⁠הֽוֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: and,kings mighty had on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and,having_mastery over,all_of province_beyond the,river and,tribute custom and,toll paid to,them )

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: [these kings conquered other nations and made them pay tribute] or [these kings conquered other nations and made them pay taxes, tribute, and duty]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וּ⁠מִדָּ֥ה בְל֛וֹ וַ⁠הֲלָ֖ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,kings mighty had on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and,having_mastery over,all_of province_beyond the,river and,tribute custom and,toll paid to,them )

See how you translated this phrase in 4:13. (A doublet can involve the use of more than two words.)