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OET (OET-LV) And_stood at place_of_their and_read in/on/at/with_book_of the_law_of YHWH god_of_their the_fourth_of the_day and_fourth [they_were]_confessing and_worshiped to/for_YHWH god_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) They stood and listened to the scroll with Yahweh’s instructions being read for three hours, then for another three hours they confessed and bowed down to Yahweh their God.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וַיָּק֨וּמוּ֙ עַל־עָמְדָ֔ם
and,stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their
Rose up here likely means stood up. As in 8:5, the people would have stood up to show respect as they listened to the reading from the Law of Moses. Alternate translation: “Then the people stood up where they were”
וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ בְּסֵ֨פֶר
and,read in/on/at/with,book_of
The people themselves did not read from the book. They here likely means Ezra and the Levites, who read similarly to the crowd that gathered on the occasion described in 8:1–12. Alternate translation: “as their leaders read to them”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
בְּסֵ֨פֶר תּוֹרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם
in/on/at/with,book_of law_of YHWH God_of,their
This is another of the various ways that this story describes a book containing the Law of Moses. Alternate translation: “from the Law of Moses” or “from the law that Yahweh had given through Moses”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
רְבִעִ֣ית הַיּ֑וֹם וּרְבִעִית֙
fourth_of the=day and,fourth
In this culture the day and the night were each divided into four equal parts of three hours each. So this means that the people listened to a reading of the Law for three hours, and then they spent the next three hours in prayer and confession. Alternate translation: “for three hours, and then for another three hours”
9:3 They confessed their sins after hearing God’s word (cp. 8:1-9, 13-14, 18).
OET (OET-LV) And_stood at place_of_their and_read in/on/at/with_book_of the_law_of YHWH god_of_their the_fourth_of the_day and_fourth [they_were]_confessing and_worshiped to/for_YHWH god_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) They stood and listened to the scroll with Yahweh’s instructions being read for three hours, then for another three hours they confessed and bowed down to Yahweh their God.
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.