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OET (OET-LV) And_came to the_governors_of[fn] of_the_other_side_of the_river and_gave to/for_them DOM the_letters_of the_king and_sent with_me the_king commanders_of [the]_army and_cavalry.
2:9 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.
OET (OET-RV) Then I went to the governors of the provinces across the Euphrates, and I gave them the king’s letters. The king had sent army officers and horsemen with me.
וָֽאָב֗וֹא אֶֽל־פַּֽחֲווֹת֙ עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר
and,came to/near governors_of ever the=river
Alternate translation: “When I reached the province Beyond the River, I went to see its governors”
Note 1 topic: translate-names
עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר
ever the=river
This is the name of a Persian province. See how you translated it in 2:7.
וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אִגְּר֣וֹת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
and,gave, to/for=them DOM letters_of the=king
Alternate translation: “I showed them the letters the king had given me.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אִגְּר֣וֹת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
and,gave, to/for=them DOM letters_of the=king
The implication is that when the governors saw the letters from the king, they allowed Nehemiah safe passage. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and they gave me safe passage”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח עִמִּי֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׂ֥רֵי חַ֖יִל וּפָרָשִֽׁים
and,sent with,me the=king officers_of army and,cavalry
The implication is that the king did this when Nehemiah left for Judah, and that the purpose was to protect him on his journey. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “When I left to travel to Judah, the king sent along some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to protect me”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / events
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח עִמִּי֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׂ֥רֵי חַ֖יִל וּפָרָשִֽׁים
and,sent with,me the=king officers_of army and,cavalry
You can put this information first because it happened before Nehemiah showed his letters to the governors.
2:9 Because Nehemiah was a government official, he had an armed escort of officers and horsemen for his trip to Jerusalem (cp. Ezra 8:22).
OET (OET-LV) And_came to the_governors_of[fn] of_the_other_side_of the_river and_gave to/for_them DOM the_letters_of the_king and_sent with_me the_king commanders_of [the]_army and_cavalry.
2:9 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.
OET (OET-RV) Then I went to the governors of the provinces across the Euphrates, and I gave them the king’s letters. The king had sent army officers and horsemen with me.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.