InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Neh C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12 C13
Neh 11 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Zabdiel (NEH 11:14)
OET-LV And_brothers_of_their mighty_men_of strength one_hundred twenty and_eight and_was_overseer over_them Zaⱱdiyʼēl the_son_of the_great_ones.
OET (OET-RV) and his brothers who were strong warriors, came to a total of 128.
§ Haggedolim’s son Zavdiyel was their overseer.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה
and,brothers_of,their (Some words not found in UHB: and,brothers_of,their warriors_of valiant hundred twenty and,eight and_[was],overseer over,them Zaⱱdiyʼēl son_of of,the_great_[ones] )
The implication is that this is the total number of priests that Amashsai was responsible for. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [Amashsai was responsible for 128 priests who were capable of working in the temple]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙
and,brothers_of,their
Here, in context, brothers is a figurative way of saying “fellow priests” as in 11:12, although it is possible that some of the biological brothers of Amashsai were included in this group. Their is plural because it is describing this group in reference to all of the other priests, not just to Amashsai. Alternate translation: [their fellow priests]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל
(Some words not found in UHB: and,brothers_of,their warriors_of valiant hundred twenty and,eight and_[was],overseer over,them Zaⱱdiyʼēl son_of of,the_great_[ones] )
In this context, the abstract noun strength likely refers to the way these men were physically capable of doing the required work in the temple. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the idea behind it with an adjective such as “capable.” Alternate translation: [men who were capable of working in the temple]
Note 4 topic: translate-numbers
מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה
hundred (Some words not found in UHB: and,brothers_of,their warriors_of valiant hundred twenty and,eight and_[was],overseer over,them Zaⱱdiyʼēl son_of of,the_great_[ones] )
Alternate translation: [one hundred and twenty-eight]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וּפָקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
and_[was],overseer over,them
This appears to mean that while Amashsai was responsible overall for this group of priests, Zabdiel supervised their day-to-day work. Alternate translation: [Zabdiel was their supervisor]
Note 6 topic: translate-names
זַבְדִּיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־הַגְּדוֹלִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,brothers_of,their warriors_of valiant hundred twenty and,eight and_[was],overseer over,them Zaⱱdiyʼēl son_of of,the_great_[ones] )
Zabdiel is the name of a man, and Haggedolim is the name of his father.
OET-LV And_brothers_of_their mighty_men_of strength one_hundred twenty and_eight and_was_overseer over_them Zaⱱdiyʼēl the_son_of the_great_ones.
OET (OET-RV) and his brothers who were strong warriors, came to a total of 128.
§ Haggedolim’s son Zavdiyel was their overseer.
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.