OET interlinear NEH 5:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

גַּ֞ם

(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

As explained in the note to [3:1](../03/01.md), in this book, Nehemiah is recording everything that he did to help the people of Judah. He hopes and prays that God will bless him for what he did. He has just described how he rescued the poor from foreclosures and interest. Now he is going to describe something further that he did to help them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [Here is something else I did to help the people]

מִ⁠יּ֣וֹם ׀ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗⁠י לִ⁠הְי֣וֹת פֶּחָ⁠ם֮ בְּ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָה֒ מִ⁠שְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים & לְ⁠אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

from_[the],day (Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

This is background information that helps explain what Nehemiah will say next. Alternate translation: [Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, had appointed me to be the governor of the province of Judah during the twentieth year of his reign]

מִ⁠יּ֣וֹם & וְ֠⁠עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ⁠שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ לְ⁠אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

from_[the],day & and=unto (Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

Alternate translation: [During the twelve years from that time until the thirty-second year of his reign]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠יּ֣וֹם

from_[the],day

This is an idiom that means “from the time.” Alternate translation: [from that time]

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

מִ⁠שְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְ֠⁠עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ⁠שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙

(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

Alternate translation: [from the 20th year until the 32nd year of the reign of Artaxerxes as king] or [from year 20 until year 32 in the reign of Artaxerxes as king]

Note 4 topic: translate-numbers

שָׁנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

Alternate translation: [12 years] or [during those 12 years]

אֲנִ֣י וְ⁠אַחַ֔⁠י לֶ֥חֶם הַ⁠פֶּ֖חָה לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי

I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread (Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

As Nehemiah explains in the next verse, he recognized that the people were poor and could not afford to provide very much for the expenses of the governor. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly here. Alternate translation: [Because I knew that the people were poor and could not afford to pay for it, I did not accept the governor’s food allowance, and I did not use it to feed my relatives]

אֲנִ֣י & לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי

I & not (Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

Alternate translation: [I did not accept]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לֶ֥חֶם הַ⁠פֶּ֖חָה

food/grain/bread (Some words not found in UHB: also/yet from_[the],day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor_of,their in=land Yehuda from,year_of twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king years two/dual teen I and,brothers_of,my food/grain/bread of,the_governor not ate )

Nehemiah is using bread to refer to the entire food allowance that he was entitled to as the governor of Judah. He is describing all the food by the name of one part of it, the bread. Alternate translation: [the food that the people provided for the governor] or [the governor’s food allowance]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אַחַ֔⁠י

and,brothers_of,my

As in [4:23](../04/23.md), brother here likely refers to Nehemiah’s actual brother Hanani and the other close relatives who were with him. Alternate translation: [and I did not use it to feed my relatives]