OET interlinear NEH 7:57

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

בְּנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of Şoferet sons_of Pərīdāʼ )

By servants of Solomon, this document does not mean officials who served in Solomon’s court. Rather, this phrase refers to people whom Solomon first conscripted as laborers. They were descendants of the groups that were living in the land of Canaan before the Israelites occupied it. They and their descendants remained conscripted laborers under later kings. You could call these people “the laborers that King Solomon first conscripted.” Alternate translation: [laborers who had worked for the kingdom]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of Şoferet sons_of Pərīdāʼ )

Sons means “descendants.” Alternate translation: [Some of the descendants of the laborers who had worked for the kingdom also returned.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנֵי־סוֹטַ֥י בְּנֵי־סוֹפֶ֖רֶת בְּנֵ֥י פְרִידָֽא

(Some words not found in UHB: sons_of servants_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon)'s sons_of Şōţay sons_of Şoferet sons_of Pərīdāʼ )

Sons means “descendants.” Alternate translation: [They were from the descendants of Sotai, Sophereth, Perida]

Note 4 topic: translate-names

סוֹטַ֥י & סוֹפֶ֖רֶת & פְרִידָֽא

Şōţay & Şoferet & Pərīdāʼ

These are the names of three men.