InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Neh C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13
Neh 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23
OET-LV (NEH 4:4) [fn] And_ Yəhūdāh/(Judah) _he/it_said the_strength_of the_burden-bearer[s] it_has_failed and_the_debris is_much and_we not we_will_be_able to_rebuild (on)_wall.
4:4 Note: KJB: Neh.4.10
OET (OET-RV) People around Yehudah (Judah) said, “The workers are running out of strength and there’s a lot of rubble still to be moved. Maybe we’re not up to building this wall.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yehuda failing ability of,the_burden-bearer[s] and,the,debris much and,we not able to,rebuild (on),wall )
Nehemiah is describing the people of Judah by reference to something associated with them, the name of their province. Alternate translation: [Then the people of Judah started saying]
כָּשַׁל֙ כֹּ֣חַ הַסַּבָּ֔ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yehuda failing ability of,the_burden-bearer[s] and,the,debris much and,we not able to,rebuild (on),wall )
Alternate translation: [The people who are carrying the stones are getting worn out]
וְהֶעָפָ֖ר
and,the,debris
Alternate translation: [and … burned stone] or [and … broken rock] or [and … unusable stone]
וַאֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ לֹ֣א נוּכַ֔ל לִבְנ֖וֹת בַּחוֹמָֽה
and,we not able to,rebuild (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yehuda failing ability of,the_burden-bearer[s] and,the,debris much and,we not able to,rebuild (on),wall )
Alternate translation: [We are not going to be able to finish rebuilding the wall]
OET-LV (NEH 4:4) [fn] And_ Yəhūdāh/(Judah) _he/it_said the_strength_of the_burden-bearer[s] it_has_failed and_the_debris is_much and_we not we_will_be_able to_rebuild (on)_wall.
4:4 Note: KJB: Neh.4.10
OET (OET-RV) People around Yehudah (Judah) said, “The workers are running out of strength and there’s a lot of rubble still to be moved. Maybe we’re not up to building this wall.”
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.