OET interlinear NEH 4:19

uW Translation Notes:

וָ⁠אֹמַ֞ר

(vā⁠ʼomar)

See how you translated these terms in 2:16. Alternate translation: “the leading citizens … the city officials”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

הַ⁠חֹרִ֤ים & הַ⁠סְּגָנִים֙

(ha⁠ḩorim & ha⁠şşəgānīm)

As in 4:14, this does not mean all of the other people who lived in Jerusalem, but rather many of them who came to hear Nehemiah speak on this occasion. He is describing part of the people as if they were all of them. Alternate translation: “many of the other people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

הַ⁠מְּלָאכָ֥ה הַרְבֵּ֖ה וּ⁠רְחָבָ֑ה

(ha⁠mməlāʼkāh harbēh ū⁠rəḩāⱱāh)

Great and vast mean similar things. Nehemiah uses them together to emphasize the scope of the rebuilding project. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that would be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: “large-scale” or “huge”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠אֲנַ֗חְנוּ נִפְרָדִים֙ עַל־הַ֣⁠חוֹמָ֔ה רְחוֹקִ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ מֵ⁠אָחִֽי⁠ו

(va⁠ʼₐnaḩnū nifrādīm ˊal-ha⁠ḩōmāh rəḩōqim ʼiysh mē⁠ʼāḩiy⁠v)

In this context, a man means “each person,” and brother means “fellow Jew.” Alternate translation: “each of us is far apart from our fellow Jews along the wall”