OET interlinear NEH 6:1

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: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נִשְׁמַ֣ע

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when reported by,Sanballat and,Tobiah and,by,Geshem the,Arab and,by,the_rest_of our_enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when rebuilt DOM the,wall and=not left in,it gap also/yet until the,time (the),that doors not set_up in,gates )

This means that these enemies learned somehow that the wall was finished. Perhaps someone came and told them, or perhaps they received a written report. Nehemiah uses hearing, one means of discovering things, to describe these men learning this. Alternate translation: [when our enemies learned]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כַ⁠אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁמַ֣ע & וּ⁠לְ⁠יֶ֣תֶר אֹֽיְבֵ֗י⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when reported by,Sanballat and,Tobiah and,by,Geshem the,Arab and,by,the_rest_of our_enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when rebuilt DOM the,wall and=not left in,it gap also/yet until the,time (the),that doors not set_up in,gates )

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form, and you could say who did the action. Alternate translation: [when our enemies learned]

Note 4 topic: translate-names

לְ⁠סַנְבַלַּ֣ט וְ֠⁠טוֹבִיָּה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when reported by,Sanballat and,Tobiah and,by,Geshem the,Arab and,by,the_rest_of our_enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when rebuilt DOM the,wall and=not left in,it gap also/yet until the,time (the),that doors not set_up in,gates )

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

Note 5 topic: translate-names

וּ⁠לְ⁠גֶ֨שֶׁם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when reported by,Sanballat and,Tobiah and,by,Geshem the,Arab and,by,the_rest_of our_enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when rebuilt DOM the,wall and=not left in,it gap also/yet until the,time (the),that doors not set_up in,gates )

This is the name of a man and his people group. See how you translated these names in 2:19.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בָנִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־הַ֣⁠חוֹמָ֔ה

rebuilt DOM the,wall

As in 4:14, Nehemiah is using himself to represent the entire community that he is a part of. Alternate translation: [that we had finished rebuilding the wall]

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

גַּ֚ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when reported by,Sanballat and,Tobiah and,by,Geshem the,Arab and,by,the_rest_of our_enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when rebuilt DOM the,wall and=not left in,it gap also/yet until the,time (the),that doors not set_up in,gates )

This term expresses a weak contrast between the sentence that comes before and the sentence that comes after. There was no break in the wall except for the spaces where the doors had not yet been hung in the gates. Alternate translation: [however]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

עַד־הָ⁠עֵ֣ת הַ⁠הִ֔יא דְּלָת֖וֹת לֹא־הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי בַ⁠שְּׁעָרִֽים

until the,time (the),that (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,when reported by,Sanballat and,Tobiah and,by,Geshem the,Arab and,by,the_rest_of our_enemies_of,our that/for/because/then/when rebuilt DOM the,wall and=not left in,it gap also/yet until the,time (the),that doors not set_up in,gates )

Once again Nehemiah is using himself to represent the entire community that he is a part of. Alternate translation: [we had not yet put the doors in the gates]