OET interlinear NEH 13:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

וּ⁠בְ⁠כָל־זֶ֕ה

and=on/over=all this

This expression indicates that the sentence it introduces describes something that was happening at the same time as the events the book has just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase such as “while all of this was happening” to indicate this.

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֡י

that/for/because/then/when

This word indicates that the clause it introduces explains the reason for what the previous clause described. That is, Nehemiah is about to give the reason why he was not in Jerusalem while Eliashib was allowing Tobiah to move into the temple. Alternate translation: “because”

Note 3 topic: writing-background

בִּ⁠שְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּ⁠שְׁתַּ֜יִם לְ⁠אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ בָּ֣אתִי אֶל־הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

in=year thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes king Bāⱱel went to/towards the=king

Here Nehemiah is providing background information to explain why he was not in Jerusalem. As he indicates in 5:14, he was governor of Judah for twelve years, from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes. As this verse indicates, he then returned to the royal court. Alternate translation: “I had returned to serve King Artaxerxes in his court in the thirty-second year of his reign”

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּ⁠שְׁתַּ֜יִם לְ⁠אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא

in=year thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes

This expression refers to the number of years that Artaxerxes had been reigning as king. Alternate translation: “in year 32 of the reign of Artaxerxes as king”

Note 5 topic: writing-background

מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙

king Bāⱱel

Artaxerxes was the king of the Persian Empire, but since the Persians had conquered the Babylonians, he also had the right to use the title “king of Babylon.” The fact that Nehemiah describes him by this title may actually indicate that the royal court was located in the city of Babylon at this time and that he returned to that city to resume his duties in the court. Alternate translation: “the king of Persia, whose court was then in Babylon”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠לְ⁠קֵ֥ץ יָמִ֖ים

and,at,end_of days

The term days is used here to refer a particular period of time. Alternate translation: “after some time”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי מִן־הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

asked from/more_than the,king

The implication, as shown explicitly in the next verse, is that Nehemiah requested time off from his responsibilities in the court so that he could travel back to Judah and see how the people there were doing, and that the king gave him permission to do this. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I asked the king if I could take some time off and travel back to Judah to help the people there, and he gave me permission to do that”