OET interlinear NEH 7:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יִּתֵּ֤ן אֱלֹהַ⁠י֙ אֶל־לִבִּ֔⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_gave God_of,my to/towards heart_of,my and,I,assembled DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials and=DOM the,people to,have_themselves_enrolled and,I_found writing of,the_genealogy [those,who]_came_up at,first and,I_found written in/on/over=him/it )

The implication is that registering the people was a first step toward filling Jerusalem with people again, a process that Nehemiah will describe in [chapter 11](../11/01.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: [as a first step towards filling Jerusalem with people again, God led me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּתֵּ֤ן אֱלֹהַ⁠י֙ אֶל־לִבִּ֔⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_gave God_of,my to/towards heart_of,my and,I,assembled DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials and=DOM the,people to,have_themselves_enrolled and,I_found writing of,the_genealogy [those,who]_came_up at,first and,I_found written in/on/over=him/it )

As in [2:12](../02/12.md), Nehemiah’s heart represents his thoughts and will. Alternate translation: [God inspired me] or [led me]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וָ⁠אֶקְבְּצָ֞⁠ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_gave God_of,my to/towards heart_of,my and,I,assembled DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials and=DOM the,people to,have_themselves_enrolled and,I_found writing of,the_genealogy [those,who]_came_up at,first and,I_found written in/on/over=him/it )

This word indicates that what Nehemiah did was in response to the situation just described. Alternate translation: [so I gathered together]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

אֶת־הַ⁠חֹרִ֧ים וְ⁠אֶת־הַ⁠סְּגָנִ֛ים

DOM the,nobles and=DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_gave God_of,my to/towards heart_of,my and,I,assembled DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials and=DOM the,people to,have_themselves_enrolled and,I_found writing of,the_genealogy [those,who]_came_up at,first and,I_found written in/on/over=him/it )

See how you translated these terms in [2:16](../02/16.md). Alternate translation: [the leading citizens and the city officials]

וְ⁠אֶת־הָ⁠עָ֖ם

and=DOM and=DOM the,people

In context, this likely means “the other people living in the city.”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לְ⁠הִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ

to,have_themselves_enrolled

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form. Alternate translation: [and to register them by genealogies]

לְ⁠הִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ

to,have_themselves_enrolled

Alternate translation: [to be enrolled according to their family histories]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

וָֽ⁠אֶמְצָ֗א סֵ֤פֶר הַ⁠יַּ֨חַשׂ֙ הָ⁠עוֹלִ֣ים בָּ⁠רִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה

and,I_found writing (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_gave God_of,my to/towards heart_of,my and,I,assembled DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials and=DOM the,people to,have_themselves_enrolled and,I_found writing of,the_genealogy [those,who]_came_up at,first and,I_found written in/on/over=him/it )

This means a list of the first group of Jews who had returned from exile, about a hundred years earlier. Alternate translation: [I also found a book containing the records of the first group of people who had returned to Jerusalem from the exile.]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וָ⁠אֶמְצָ֖א כָּת֥וּב בּֽ⁠וֹ

and,I_found (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_gave God_of,my to/towards heart_of,my and,I,assembled DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials and=DOM the,people to,have_themselves_enrolled and,I_found writing of,the_genealogy [those,who]_came_up at,first and,I_found written in/on/over=him/it )

You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: [I found that those people had written the following in it]