OET interlinear NEH 4:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֞י

and=he/it_was

Nehemiah uses this phrase to introduce the next event in his story. You do not need to represent it in your translation unless your language has a similar expression that it characteristically uses.

Note 2 topic: translate-names

סַנְבַלַּ֗ט

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just=as heard Şanⱱallaţ that/for/because/then/when we rebuilding DOM the,wall and=it_glowed/burnt to=him/it and,he_was_angry greatly and,he_mocked on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jews )

This is a man’s name. See how you translated this in 2:10.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וַ⁠יִּ֣חַר ל֔⁠וֹ וַ⁠יִּכְעַ֖ס הַרְבֵּ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just=as heard Şanⱱallaţ that/for/because/then/when we rebuilding DOM the,wall and=it_glowed/burnt to=him/it and,he_was_angry greatly and,he_mocked on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jews )

These two phrases mean similar things. Nehemiah uses the repetition to emphasize how angry Sanballat was. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases and say something like “he became furiously angry” or “he became very angry”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּ֣חַר ל֔⁠וֹ וַ⁠יִּכְעַ֖ס

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was just=as heard Şanⱱallaţ that/for/because/then/when we rebuilding DOM the,wall and=it_glowed/burnt to=him/it and,he_was_angry greatly and,he_mocked on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jews )

Here Nehemiah says that Sanballat’s anger was a fire that burned inside of him. Alternate translation: [he became furious]