OET interlinear EZRA 6:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠הַקְרִ֗בוּ לַ⁠חֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣⁠א דְנָה֒

and,they_offered (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_offered for,the_dedication_of house_of the=god this(ms) bulls one_hundred rams two_hundred lambs four hundred and,he-goats_of goats ל,חטיא on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every Yisrael two_of ten ,the_number_of tribes_of Yisrael )

As in the previous sentence, the abstract noun dedication refers to a special ceremony that the Israelites conducted. Once again you could translate the idea behind this word with a verb such as “dedicate” or “consecrate” Alternate translation: [As they dedicated this temple, they offered]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠הַקְרִ֗בוּ & תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּ⁠צְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין ל⁠חטיא & תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר

and,they_offered & bulls one_hundred (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_offered for,the_dedication_of house_of the=god this(ms) bulls one_hundred rams two_hundred lambs four hundred and,he-goats_of goats ל,חטיא on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every Yisrael two_of ten ,the_number_of tribes_of Yisrael )

The implication, as 6:9 indicates explicitly, is that the bulls, rams, and lambs were used for whole burnt offerings. If it would be helpful, review the note to 3:2 about what whole burnt offerings were and why they were offered. Alternate translation: [they offered 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs as whole burnt offerings and 12 male goats as a sin offering]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠צְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין

and,he-goats_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_offered for,the_dedication_of house_of the=god this(ms) bulls one_hundred rams two_hundred lambs four hundred and,he-goats_of goats ל,חטיא on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every Yisrael two_of ten ,the_number_of tribes_of Yisrael )

A male goat is called a buck. So this expression, bucks of goats, means the same thing as male goats in 8:35

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠צְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין & תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְ⁠מִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

and,he-goats_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_offered for,the_dedication_of house_of the=god this(ms) bulls one_hundred rams two_hundred lambs four hundred and,he-goats_of goats ל,חטיא on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every Yisrael two_of ten ,the_number_of tribes_of Yisrael )

The book assumes that readers will know that there were twelve tribes in Israel, so the twelve goats could symbolically represent the entire nation. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: [12 male goats … one for each of the 12 tribes of Israel]