OET interlinear NEH 8:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כָֽל־הַ֠⁠קָּהָל הַ⁠שָּׁבִ֨ים מִן־הַ⁠שְּׁבִ֥י

all the,assembly the,returned from/more_than the,captivity

These two phrases mean similar things. They refer to the people of Judah who had returned to their homeland from the exile. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “all the people of Judah who had returned home from exile”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הַ֠⁠קָּהָל

the,assembly

The Old Testament often uses this expression to refer to the main body of the people of Israel. The expression envisions the way God called them out of Egypt and brought them together as a nation. At this point in their history, this main body was the people who had returned to Judah from exile. Alternate translation: “all the people of Judah who had returned home from exile”

לֹֽא־עָשׂ֡וּ מִ⁠ימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן כֵּן֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֑וּא

not they_had_acquired from,days Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn yes/correct/thus/so sons_of Yisrael until the=day (the)=that

Alternate translation: “the people of Israel had never before celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles by living in shelters, going all the way back to the time of Joshua the son of Nun”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מִ⁠ימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן & עַ֖ד הַ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֑וּא

from,days Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn & until the=day (the)=that

Since it was Joshua who led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan, his time was the earliest time when they could have celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles to commemorate the journey from Egypt to Canaan. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “from the time that Joshua the son of Nun had first led them into this land until the present day”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

מִ⁠ימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן & עַ֖ד הַ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֑וּא

from,days Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn & until the=day (the)=that

Here the story is describing an entire time period by speaking of its beginning and ending in order to include everything in between. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this meaning with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “for the entire time they had lived in this land”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠ימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן

from,days Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn

The term day is used here to refer to a period of time. Alternate translation: “from the time of Joshua the son of Nun”

Note 6 topic: translate-names

יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן

Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn

Joshua is the name of a man, and Nun is the name of his father.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

sons_of Yisrael

Sons here means “descendants.” In this context it includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “the people of Israel”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַ⁠תְּהִ֥י שִׂמְחָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד

and=it_became joy great very

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun rejoicing with an adjective. Alternate translation: “the people were very joyful”