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interlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Neh C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13
Neh 12 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47
OET (OET-LV) If/because in/on/at/with_days_of Dāvid and_ʼĀşāf from_east the_leaders_of[fn] the_singers and_songs_of praise and_thanksgiving to_god.
12:46 Variant note: ראש: (x-qere) ’רָאשֵׁי֙’: lemma_7218 a n_0.1.0 morph_HNcmpc id_16EUu רָאשֵׁי֙
OET (OET-RV) because it was handed down from the original singers who sang songs of praise and thanksgiving to God in the time of David and Asaf.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
כִּֽי
that/for/because/then/when
This word indicates that this sentence will provide further information about the situation that the book is describing here. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a word or expression in your own language that indicates the same thing.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בִימֵ֥י דָוִ֛יד וְאָסָ֖ף מִקֶּ֑דֶם
in/on/at/with,days_of Dāvid and,Asaph from=east
The expression from before is an idiom that means ever since a long time ago Alternate translation: “ever since the time of David and Asaph long ago”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בִימֵ֥י דָוִ֛יד וְאָסָ֖ף
in/on/at/with,days_of Dāvid and,Asaph
The term days is used here to refer a particular period of time. Alternate translation: “in the time of David and Asaph”
Note 4 topic: translate-names
דָוִ֛יד וְאָסָ֖ף
Dāvid and,Asaph
These are the names of two men.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְאָסָ֖ף
and,Asaph
The book assumes that the original audience would know that Asaph was the man whom David first appointed to be the director of the Levite singers. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “ever since David first appointed Asaph to lead the singers”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ראש הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים
directors_of the,singers
Head here is a figurative way of saying leader. Alternate translation: “the Levite choir has had an appointed director”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וְשִׁיר־תְּהִלָּ֥ה וְהֹד֖וֹת לֵֽאלֹהִֽים
and,songs_of praise and,thanksgiving to,God
Here the book leaves out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. Alternate translation: “and they have sung songs of praise and thanksgiving to God”
12:46 David had given instructions for ordering the music at the Temple (1 Chr 23–26), and he had put Asaph, along with Heman and Jeduthun, in charge of the music (1 Chr 25:2-5).
OET (OET-LV) If/because in/on/at/with_days_of Dāvid and_ʼĀşāf from_east the_leaders_of[fn] the_singers and_songs_of praise and_thanksgiving to_god.
12:46 Variant note: ראש: (x-qere) ’רָאשֵׁי֙’: lemma_7218 a n_0.1.0 morph_HNcmpc id_16EUu רָאשֵׁי֙
OET (OET-RV) because it was handed down from the original singers who sang songs of praise and thanksgiving to God in the time of David and Asaf.
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.