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OET (OET-LV) And_set_apart of_leading_of the_priests two_plus ten along_with_Shērēⱱəyāh Ḩₐshaⱱyāh and_with_them of_brothers_of_their ten.
OET (OET-RV) Then I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests along with Sherevyah and Hashavyah and ten of the other Levites,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential
וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָה
and,set_apart,
The word Then indicates that the event the story will now relate came after the event it has just described. In your translation, you can use the expression in your language that would best indicate this relationship.
Note 2 topic: translate-textvariants
וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָה מִשָּׂרֵ֥י הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑ר לְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֣ה חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה וְעִמָּהֶ֥ם מֵאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה
and,set_apart, of,leading_of the,priests two ten along_with,Sherebiah Ḩₐshaⱱ\sup_yāh and,with,them of,brothers_of,their ten
The Hebrew text is difficult here. One way to read it is: “Then I separated 12 from the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten from their brothers.” But since [8:18](../08/18.md) and [19](../08/19.md) specifically identify Sherebiah and Hashabiah as Levites, they could not have been leaders of the priests. An ancient Greek version of the book of Ezra says “and” before Sherebiah, so that this is a list of 24 men in total. Another way to read the Hebrew is as in the ULT, which also results in a list of 24 men. Both of these translations agree with [8:30](../08/30.md), which says that “the priests and the Levites” received the silver and gold and objects that Ezra weighed out to them. It will likely be clearest for your readers if you translate the verse in one of the latter two ways. Alternate translation: “Then I selected 12 leaders of the priests, along with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their fellow Levites.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָה
and,set_apart,
This expression means to set someone or something apart for a special purpose or assignment. Alternate translation: “Then I selected”
Note 4 topic: translate-names
לְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֣ה חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה
along_with,Sherebiah Ḩₐshaⱱ\sup_yāh
These are the names of two men. See how you translated them in [8:18](../08/18.md) and [8:19](../08/19.md).
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מֵאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם
of,brothers_of,their
Here, brothers is a figurative way of saying “fellow Levites,” although it is possible that some of the biological brothers of Sherebiah and Hashabiah were included in this group. Alternate translation: “of their fellow Levites”
OET (OET-LV) And_set_apart of_leading_of the_priests two_plus ten along_with_Shērēⱱəyāh Ḩₐshaⱱyāh and_with_them of_brothers_of_their ten.
OET (OET-RV) Then I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests along with Sherevyah and Hashavyah and ten of the other Levites,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.