OET interlinear NEH 7:70

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽ⁠אָב֔וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

This seems to be an abbreviated way of saying “the heads of father’s houses.” The full expression “father’s house” or “house of the father” is used in verse 61. See how you translated it there, and review the note there if that would be helpful. Alternate translation: [some of the clan leaders]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָאשֵׁ֣י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

Head here is a figurative way of saying “leader.” Alternate translation: [the leaders of]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

נָתַ֣ן לָ⁠אוֹצָ֗ר

he/it_gave to,treasury

Even though in the book of Nehemiah the work typically means the work of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, in this document it refers to the work of re-establishing the temple. That was the project that Zerubbabel and the group that returned under his leadership worked on. Alternate translation: [gave gifts towards the costs of re-establishing the temple]

הַ⁠תִּרְשָׁ֜תָא נָתַ֣ן לָ⁠אוֹצָ֗ר זָהָ֞ב דַּרְכְּמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֨לֶף֙ מִזְרָק֣וֹת חֲמִשִּׁ֔ים כָּתְנוֹת֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים וַ⁠חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

Alternate translation: [The Tirshatha, that is, the governor, donated to the temple treasury 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 garments for the priests to wear]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

הַ⁠תִּרְשָׁ֜תָא

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

As in 7:65, this was the formal Persian title of the governor. Alternate translation: [The Tirshatha, that is, the governor]

Note 5 topic: translate-bmoney

זָהָ֞ב דַּרְכְּמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֨לֶף֙

gold (Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

In ancient times, a gold daric weighed about 8 or 8.5 grams or about a quarter of an ounce. You could try to express this in terms of modern money values, but if you did, that could cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate over time, since those values can change from year to year. Instead, you could say something general like “1,000 gold coins,” or give the equivalent weight, or use the biblical term in the text and give the weight in a note.

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

מִזְרָק֣וֹת חֲמִשִּׁ֔ים

basins (Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

These were large, flat bowls that were used in the temple to collect the blood of sacrifices. When the Law called for some of this blood to be sprinkled on the altar, in the air, or on a person or a garment, that would be done from one of these bowls. Alternate translation: [50 bowls to be used in the temple]

Note 7 topic: translate-unknown

כָּתְנוֹת֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים וַ⁠חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=from=(the)_sum heads_of of,the_fathers contributed for,work the,governor he/it_gave to,treasury gold darics 1,000 basins 50 garments_of priests thirty and=five hundreds )

These were the special garments that priests would wear while performing their duties in the temple. Alternate translation: [530 garments for the priests to wear]