OET interlinear EZRA 5:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְ⁠מַלְכָּ֗⁠א

known it_will_happen (Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

These officials address the king in the third person as a sign of respect. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate this respect by using an expression such as “O king.” Alternate translation: [We would like you to know, O king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְ⁠מַלְכָּ֗⁠א

known it_will_happen (Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form, and you could say who is doing the action. Alternate translation: [We would like you to know, O king]

אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִ⁠יה֤וּד מְדִֽינְתָּ⁠א֙

went to,Judea (Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

Alternate translation: [we went to the province of Judah]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠בֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣⁠א רַבָּ֔⁠א

to,the_house_of the=god (Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

Here, the house refers to the temple. The officials speak of it as if it were a place in which God would live. (They likely say the great God because the Jews told them, as they report in 5:11, that it would be a temple for the God who made heaven and earth.) Alternate translation: [to the temple of the mighty God]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠ה֤וּא מִתְבְּנֵא֙ אֶ֣בֶן גְּלָ֔ל וְ⁠אָ֖ע מִתְּשָׂ֣ם בְּ⁠כֻתְלַיָּ֑⁠א

and=he (Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say these things with active forms, and you could say who was doing these actions. Alternate translation: [the Jews are building the temple out of large stones and setting timber beams in the walls]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠עֲבִ֥ידְתָּ⁠א דָ֛ךְ אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא מִתְעַבְדָ֖א וּ⁠מַצְלַ֥ח בְּ⁠יֶדְ⁠הֹֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

You could say this with an active form, and you could say who was doing the action. The term diligently, used here and several more times in the book, means carefully, exactly, and efficiently. Alternate translation: [And they are doing the work carefully and efficiently and successfully]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מַצְלַ֥ח בְּ⁠יֶדְ⁠הֹֽם

and_[is],prospering (Some words not found in UHB: known it_will_happen to=the=king that/who went to,Judea the,province to,the_house_of the=god (the),great and=he built stones_of huge and,timber laid in,the,walls and,the,work this diligently done and_[is],prospering in,hand_of,their )

Here, hand represents control and action. Alternate translation: [and it is succeeding at their initiative] or [and they have been able to advance the work successfully]