OET interlinear NEH 11:22

uW Translation Notes:

וּ⁠פְקִ֤יד הַ⁠לְוִיִּם֙ בִּ⁠יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם

and,the_overseer_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,the_overseer_of of,the_Levites in,Jerusalem ˊUzziy son_of Bānī son_of Ḩₐshaⱱ^yāh son_of Mattan^yāh son_of Mīkāʼ from=(the)_sons ʼĀşāf the,singers to,before service_of house_of the=ʼElohīm )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the_overseer_of of,the_Levites in,Jerusalem ˊUzziy son_of Bānī son_of Ḩₐshaⱱ^yāh son_of Mattan^yāh son_of Mīkāʼ from=(the)_sons ʼĀşāf the,singers to,before service_of house_of the=ʼElohīm )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the_overseer_of of,the_Levites in,Jerusalem ˊUzziy son_of Bānī son_of Ḩₐshaⱱ^yāh son_of Mattan^yāh son_of Mīkāʼ from=(the)_sons ʼĀşāf the,singers to,before service_of house_of the=ʼElohīm )

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

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

הַ⁠מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the_overseer_of of,the_Levites in,Jerusalem ˊUzziy son_of Bānī son_of Ḩₐshaⱱ^yāh son_of Mattan^yāh son_of Mīkāʼ from=(the)_sons ʼĀşāf the,singers to,before service_of house_of the=ʼElohīm )

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

to,before service_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,the_overseer_of of,the_Levites in,Jerusalem ˊUzziy son_of Bānī son_of Ḩₐshaⱱ^yāh son_of Mattan^yāh son_of Mīkāʼ from=(the)_sons ʼĀşāf the,singers to,before service_of 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]