OET interlinear EZRA 9:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וּ⁠כְ⁠כַלּ֣וֹת אֵ֗לֶּה

and,just,as_finished (Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

This phrase indicates that the events the story will now relate came right after the events it has just described. In your translation, you can use the expression in your language that would best indicate this relationship.

Note 2 topic: writing-newevent

וּ⁠כְ⁠כַלּ֣וֹת

and,just,as_finished

The word now introduces a new event in the story. If your language has a word or expression for introducing a new event, use that here.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠שָּׂרִים֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

These appear to be the same leaders as in [8:29](../08/29.md), that is, clan leaders. But this is not a reference to all of them, since the ones who come to Ezra say that some of their fellow leaders have married foreign women. Alternate translation: [some of the clan leaders]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

נִגְּשׁ֨וּ אֵלַ֤⁠י & לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

After this phrase Ezra begins to quote what these clan leaders told him. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with an opening quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning of a quotation.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹֽא־נִבְדְּל֞וּ & מֵ⁠עַמֵּ֖י הָ⁠אֲרָצ֑וֹת

not (Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

Separation here is a spatial metaphor for behavior. As in [6:21](../06/21.md), it means to refuse to do the same things as another group. Alternate translation: [have not refused to do the things that the other people groups living in the land do]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵ⁠עַמֵּ֖י הָ⁠אֲרָצ֑וֹת כְּ֠⁠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵי⁠הֶם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

While the similar phrase in [6:21](../06/21.md) spoke of “uncleanness,” that is, things that God does not accept, the phrase here speaks of abominations, that is, things that are very displeasing to God. Alternate translation: [from the things that are very displeasing to God that the other people groups living in the land do]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵ⁠עַמֵּ֖י הָ⁠אֲרָצ֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

See how you translated this expression in [3:3](../03/03.md). It refers to members of other people groups who were living in and around the province of Judah. Alternate translation: [from the other people groups living in the land]

Note 8 topic: translate-names

לַ⁠כְּנַעֲנִ֨י הַ⁠חִתִּ֜י הַ⁠פְּרִזִּ֣י הַ⁠יְבוּסִ֗י הָֽ⁠עַמֹּנִי֙ הַ⁠מֹּ֣אָבִ֔י הַ⁠מִּצְרִ֖י וְ⁠הָ⁠אֱמֹרִֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as_finished these approached to=me the,leaders to=say not separated the,people Yisrael and,the,priests and,the,Levites from,the_peoples_of of,the_lands according,to_of,their_abominations to,Canaanite[s] the,Hittite[s] the,Perizzite[s] the=Yəⱱūşī the,Ammonite[s] the,Moabite[s] the,Egyptian[s] and,the,Amorite[s] )

These are the names of eight people groups.