OET interlinear NEH 11:22

uW Translation Notes:

וּ⁠פְקִ֤יד הַ⁠לְוִיִּם֙ בִּ⁠יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם

and,overseer the,Levites in/on/at/with,Jerusalem

Alternate translation: “the supervisor of the Levites who settled in Jerusalem”

Note 1 topic: translate-names

עֻזִּ֤י בֶן־בָּנִי֙ בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה בֶּן־מַתַּנְיָ֖ה בֶּן־מִיכָ֑א

Uzzi son_of Bānī son_of Hashabiah son_of Mattan\sup_yāh son_of Mīkəʼ

These are the names of five men. In this context, son means literally that the next man named is the father of the man just named.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠בְּנֵ֤י אָסָף֙

from=(the)_sons ʼĀşāf

Sons here means “descendants.” Alternate translation: “who were descendants of Asaph”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

הַ⁠מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים

the,singers

Here the list supplies some background information that reminds readers what the Levites in the temple were primarily responsible for. Alternate translation: “and who performed music”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠נֶ֖גֶד מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־הָ⁠אֱלֹהִֽים

in,front_of service house_of the=ʼElohīm

Here the list speaks of the temple as the house of God as if it were God’s dwelling place. By contrast with the Levites described in 11:16, these Levites were responsible for all the duties that had to be performed inside the temple itself. Alternate translation: “who were responsible for the work that was done inside the temple”