OET interlinear EZRA 7:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

The word For indicates that the sentence it introduces explains the reasons for what the previous sentence described. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in a fuller phrase. Alternate translation: “The reason why God blessed them was that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֶזְרָא֙ הֵכִ֣ין לְבָב֔⁠וֹ

ˊEzrāʼ set heart_of,his

Here, the heart represents the thoughts and the will of a person. Alternate translation: “Ezra had firmly determined”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠דְר֛וֹשׁ אֶת־תּוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה וְ⁠לַ⁠עֲשֹׂ֑ת

to,study DOM law_of YHWH and,to,do

Just as in 6:21 to seek Yahweh means choosing to know, worship, and obey him, so here to seek the law of Yahweh and to do it means choosing to learn his law thoroughly in order to obey it, as a way of being loyal and obedient to Yahweh himself. Alternate translation: “to learn the law of Yahweh thoroughly and to obey it”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וּ⁠לְ⁠לַמֵּ֥ד בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֹ֥ק וּ⁠מִשְׁפָּֽט

and,to,teach in/on/at/with,Israel statutes and,ordinances

Here, the book expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The words statute and ordinance both refer to commandments in the law of Moses. The book uses the two words together to refer comprehensively to everything in the law. Alternate translation: “and to teach the people of Israel everything that the law commanded”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

in/on/at/with,Israel

Here, the story refers to all of the Israelites by reference to their homeland, the country of Israel. Alternate translation: “to the people of Israel”