OET interlinear NEH 12:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠הַ⁠לְוִיִּ֗ם

and,the,Levites

Here the list is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. Alternate translation: “And these were the leaders of the Levites who first returned to Judah with Zerubbabel the governor and with Joshua the high priest”

Note 2 topic: translate-names

יֵשׁ֧וּעַ בִּנּ֛וּי קַדְמִיאֵ֥ל שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖ה יְהוּדָ֣ה מַתַּנְיָ֑ה

Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) Binnūy Qadmī\sup_ʼēl Shērēⱱə\sup_yāh Yehuda Mattan\sup_yāh

These are the names of six men.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עַֽל־הֻיְּד֖וֹת ה֥וּא וְ⁠אֶחָֽי⁠ו

on/upon songs_of_thanksgiving he/it and,brothers_of,his

He refers to Mattaniah. Brothers means “fellow Levite leaders.” Alternate translation: “Mattaniah and his fellow Levite leaders were responsible for directing the choir.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַֽל־הֻיְּד֖וֹת

on/upon songs_of_thanksgiving

As in 11:17, here the book is describing the choir by reference to one kind of thing it was associated with, the songs of thanksgiving that it sang. Alternate translation: “directed the choir”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עַֽל־הֻיְּד֖וֹת

on/upon songs_of_thanksgiving

Over is a figurative way of saying that Mattaniah and his colleagues were responsible for this group. Alternate translation: “were responsible for directing the choir”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֻיְּד֖וֹת

songs_of_thanksgiving

One responsibility of the Levite choir was to sing prayers of thanksgiving. But it sang many other things as well. Here the list is describing everything the choir sang by reference to one kind of thing it sang, prayers of thanksgiving. Alternate translation: “the choir”