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 C4 C5 C6 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13
Neh 7 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64 V67 V70 V73
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God · Hanani (NEH 1:2) · Hananiah (NEH 7:2)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Jerusalem
Dictionary: Jerusalem
OET-LV And_I_appointed DOM Ḩₐnānī my_brother/kindred and_DOM Ḩₐnanyāh the_commander_of the_citadel over Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) if/because he was_like_a_man_of faithfulness and_fearing DOM the_ʼElohīm more_than_many_people.
OET (OET-RV) I put my brother Hanani and the fortress commander Hananyah in charge over Yerushalem (Jerusalem). (Hananyah was a faithful man and respected God more than many others do.)
וָאֲצַוֶּ֞ה אֶת־חֲנָ֣נִי אָחִ֗י וְאֶת־חֲנַנְיָ֛ה & עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_appointed DOM Ḩₐnānī my=brother/kindred and=DOM Hananya chief of,the_citadel on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) that/for/because/then/when he/it [was]_like,a_man_of faithful and,fearing DOM the=ʼElohīm more,than_many_[people] )
Alternate translation: [I appointed two men to help me govern Jerusalem, my brother Hanani and Hananiah]
אֶת־חֲנָ֣נִי אָחִ֗י
DOM Ḩₐnānī my=brother/kindred
As in 1:2, brother here most likely indicates that Hanani was Nehemiah’s biological brother. Alternate translation: [my brother Hanani]
Note 1 topic: translate-names
אֶת־חֲנָ֣נִי
DOM Ḩₐnānī
This is the name of a man. See how you translated it in 1:2
Note 2 topic: translate-names
חֲנַנְיָ֛ה
Hananya
This is the name of a man.
שַׂ֥ר הַבִּירָ֖ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_appointed DOM Ḩₐnānī my=brother/kindred and=DOM Hananya chief of,the_citadel on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) that/for/because/then/when he/it [was]_like,a_man_of faithful and,fearing DOM the=ʼElohīm more,than_many_[people] )
Alternate translation: [who was in charge of the fortress]
כִּי־הוּא֙ כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֱמֶ֔ת
(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_appointed DOM Ḩₐnānī my=brother/kindred and=DOM Hananya chief of,the_citadel on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) that/for/because/then/when he/it [was]_like,a_man_of faithful and,fearing DOM the=ʼElohīm more,than_many_[people] )
He means Hananiah. “He was as a faithful man” is a way of saying “he was such as only a faithful man would be.” Alternate translation: [I appointed Hananiah because he was trustworthy]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְיָרֵ֥א אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים מֵרַבִּֽים
and,fearing DOM the=ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: and,I_appointed DOM Ḩₐnānī my=brother/kindred and=DOM Hananya chief of,the_citadel on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) that/for/because/then/when he/it [was]_like,a_man_of faithful and,fearing DOM the=ʼElohīm more,than_many_[people] )
Here, fear does not mean to be afraid of God, but to show God reverence and respect. Alternate translation: [because he showed God more reverence and respect than most people do]
OET-LV And_I_appointed DOM Ḩₐnānī my_brother/kindred and_DOM Ḩₐnanyāh the_commander_of the_citadel over Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) if/because he was_like_a_man_of faithfulness and_fearing DOM the_ʼElohīm more_than_many_people.
OET (OET-RV) I put my brother Hanani and the fortress commander Hananyah in charge over Yerushalem (Jerusalem). (Hananyah was a faithful man and respected God more than many others do.)
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.