OET interlinear NEH 2:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַ⁠חֹרֹנִ֜י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

Sanballat is the name of a man, and Horonite is the name of his people group. See how you translated this in [2:10](../02/10.md).

Note 2 topic: translate-names

וְ⁠טֹבִיָּ֣ה & הָֽ⁠עַמּוֹנִ֗י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

Tobiah is the name of a man, and Ammonite is the name of his people group.

וְ⁠טֹבִיָּ֣ה ׀ הָ⁠עֶ֣בֶד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

See how you translated this in [2:10](../02/10.md). Alternate translation: [Tobiah, his deputy]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

וְ⁠גֶ֨שֶׁם֙ הָֽ⁠עַרְבִ֔י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

Geshem is the name of a man, and Arabian is the name of his people group.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יִּשְׁמַע֩

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

The implication is that these men learned that the Jews in Jerusalem had started to rebuild the city walls. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [learned that we had started to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וַ⁠יַּלְעִ֣גוּ לָ֔⁠נוּ וַ⁠יִּבְז֖וּ עָלֵ֑י⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

These two statements mean similar things. Nehemiah says the same thing twice, in slightly different ways, to emphasize how contemptuous and dismissive these enemies were being. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that would be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: [they ridiculed us mercilessly,] otherwise “they made fun of us and ridiculed us”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מָֽה־הַ⁠דָּבָ֤ר הַ⁠זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים הַ⁠עַ֥ל הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ אַתֶּ֥ם מֹרְדִֽים

what (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

These enemies are not asking questions that they expect Nehemiah to answer. They are using the question form to mock him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate their words as statements. Alternate translation: [What you are doing is not going to amount to anything! But you should not be rebelling against the king!]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מָֽה־הַ⁠דָּבָ֤ר הַ⁠זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים

what (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Şanⱱallaţ the,Horonite and,Tobiah the,servant the,Ammonite and,Geshem the,Arab and,they_mocked to/for=us and,they_despised (on),us and=they_said what [is]_the,thing the=this which/who you(pl) doing ?,on the=king you(pl) rebelling )

The implication is that this thing is really “nothing” at all. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: [What you are doing is not going to amount to anything!]