OET interlinear NEH 12:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

סַלּ֣וּ עָמ֔וֹק חִלְקִיָּ֖ה יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה

Şallū ˊĀmōq (Some words not found in UHB: Şallū ˊĀmōq Ḩilqiy^yāh Yədaˊ^yāh/(Jedaiah) these heads_of of,the_priests and,brothers_of,their in,the_days_of Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) )

These are names of four men.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֧י הַ⁠כֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַ⁠אֲחֵי⁠הֶ֖ם בִּ⁠ימֵ֥י יֵשֽׁוּעַ

(Some words not found in UHB: Şallū ˊĀmōq Ḩilqiy^yāh Yədaˊ^yāh/(Jedaiah) these heads_of of,the_priests and,brothers_of,their in,the_days_of Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) )

This is a summary statement about the 22 men who have just been named. Alternate translation: [These men were the leaders of the priests in their own divisions while Joshua was the high priest.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָאשֵׁ֧י הַ⁠כֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַ⁠אֲחֵי⁠הֶ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: Şallū ˊĀmōq Ḩilqiy^yāh Yədaˊ^yāh/(Jedaiah) these heads_of of,the_priests and,brothers_of,their in,the_days_of Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) )

Here, heads is a figurative way of saying “leaders.” Alternate translation: [the leaders of the priests in their own divisions]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָאשֵׁ֧י הַ⁠כֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַ⁠אֲחֵי⁠הֶ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: Şallū ˊĀmōq Ḩilqiy^yāh Yədaˊ^yāh/(Jedaiah) these heads_of of,the_priests and,brothers_of,their in,the_days_of Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) )

In this context, and means “that is,” so the full expression means, “the leaders of the priests, that is, the ones who were their ‘brothers.’” Brothers itself is a figurative way of saying “fellow priests,” and in this context specifically means “the priests in their own divisions.” (King David had divided the priests into divisions so that they could rotate their responsibilities, and the Israelites reconstituted these divisions after the exile.) It is possible that some of the people in each division were the biological brothers of the leaders named, since the divisions were created based on close kinship ties, but the word “brother” is essentially figurative. Alternate translation: [their fellow priests]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בִּ⁠ימֵ֥י יֵשֽׁוּעַ

(Some words not found in UHB: Şallū ˊĀmōq Ḩilqiy^yāh Yədaˊ^yāh/(Jedaiah) these heads_of of,the_priests and,brothers_of,their in,the_days_of Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) )

The term days is used here to refer a particular period of time. Alternate translation: [in the time of Joshua]