OET interlinear NEH 12:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠מִ⁠בֵּית֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל וּ⁠מִ⁠שְּׂד֥וֹת גֶּ֖בַע וְ⁠עַזְמָ֑וֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=household -gilgal and,from,the_fields_of Geⱱaˊ and,Azmaveth that/for/because/then/when villages they_had_built to/for=them the,singers around Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

The places listed in this verse are northeast of Jerusalem. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: [they also came from three places northeast of Jerusalem, the town of Beth-Gilgal and the rural areas around the towns of Geba and Azmaveth]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

וּ⁠מִ⁠בֵּית֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=household -gilgal and,from,the_fields_of Geⱱaˊ and,Azmaveth that/for/because/then/when villages they_had_built to/for=them the,singers around Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

This is the name of a town. Alternate translation: [from the town of Beth-Gilgal]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

וּ⁠מִ⁠שְּׂד֥וֹת גֶּ֖בַע וְ⁠עַזְמָ֑וֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=household -gilgal and,from,the_fields_of Geⱱaˊ and,Azmaveth that/for/because/then/when villages they_had_built to/for=them the,singers around Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

Geba and Azmaveth are the names of towns. Alternate translation: [from the rural areas around the towns of Geba and Azmaveth]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֣י חֲצֵרִ֗ים בָּנ֤וּ לָ⁠הֶם֙ הַ⁠מְשֹׁ֣רֲרִ֔ים סְבִיב֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=household -gilgal and,from,the_fields_of Geⱱaˊ and,Azmaveth that/for/because/then/when villages they_had_built to/for=them the,singers around Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) )

If it would be helpful in your language, you could put this sentence at the start of 12:28, since it gives the reason for the results that are described in the rest of 12:28 and 12:29. You could show the connection by using a word like “so” after this phrase. Alternate translation: [The singers were living in towns they had built all around Jerusalem. So …]