OET interlinear NEH 4:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֣י

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

סַנְבַלַּ֡ט וְ֠⁠טוֹבִיָּה

(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 are the names of men. See how you translated them in 2:10.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

וְ⁠הָ⁠עַרְבִ֨ים וְ⁠הָ⁠עַמֹּנִ֜ים וְ⁠הָ⁠אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֗ים

and,the,Arabs (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 are the names of people groups.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

עָלְתָ֤ה אֲרוּכָה֙ לְ⁠חֹמ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם

going_forward repair of,the_walls_of (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 is speaking of the wall around Jerusalem as if it were a living thing that was sick because it was broken down. Nehemiah speaks of the repairs to the wall as if the wall is becoming healthy again. Alternate translation: [we were continuing to repair the walls of Jerusalem]

עָלְתָ֤ה

going_forward

Alternate translation: [was increasing]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כִּי־הֵחֵ֥לּוּ הַ⁠פְּרֻצִ֖ים לְ⁠הִסָּתֵ֑ם

(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 )

You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: [we were continuing to … fill in the gaps]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּ֥חַר לָ⁠הֶ֖ם מְאֹֽד

(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 the anger of these enemies was a fire that burned inside of them. Alternate translation: [they became very angry] or [they became enraged]