OET interlinear NEH 12:46

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when in,the_days_of Dāvid and,Asaph from=east directors_of of,the_singers and_[the],song_of praise and,thanksgiving to,God )

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,the_days_of Dāvid and,Asaph (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when in,the_days_of Dāvid and,Asaph from=east directors_of of,the_singers and_[the],song_of praise and,thanksgiving to,God )

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,the_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 (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when in,the_days_of Dāvid and,Asaph from=east directors_of of,the_singers and_[the],song_of praise and,thanksgiving to,God )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when in,the_days_of Dāvid and,Asaph from=east directors_of of,the_singers and_[the],song_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]