OET interlinear NEH 4:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֞י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when heard Şanⱱallaţ and,Tobiah and,the,Arabs and,the,Ammonites and,the,Ashdodites that/for/because/then/when going_forward repair of,the_walls_of Yerushalayim that/for/because/then/when beginning the_broken,down_[parts] to,be_stopped_up and=it_glowed/burnt to/for=them very )

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 when,when heard Şanⱱallaţ and,Tobiah and,the,Arabs and,the,Ammonites and,the,Ashdodites that/for/because/then/when going_forward repair of,the_walls_of Yerushalayim that/for/because/then/when beginning the_broken,down_[parts] to,be_stopped_up and=it_glowed/burnt to/for=them very )

This is a man’s name. See how you translated this in [2:10](../02/10.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וַ⁠יִּ֣חַר ל֔⁠וֹ וַ⁠יִּכְעַ֖ס הַרְבֵּ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when heard Şanⱱallaţ and,Tobiah and,the,Arabs and,the,Ammonites and,the,Ashdodites that/for/because/then/when going_forward repair of,the_walls_of Yerushalayim that/for/because/then/when beginning the_broken,down_[parts] to,be_stopped_up and=it_glowed/burnt to/for=them very )

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 when,when heard Şanⱱallaţ and,Tobiah and,the,Arabs and,the,Ammonites and,the,Ashdodites that/for/because/then/when going_forward repair of,the_walls_of Yerushalayim that/for/because/then/when beginning the_broken,down_[parts] to,be_stopped_up and=it_glowed/burnt to/for=them very )

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