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OET-LV And_came Hanani one of_brothers_my he and_men from_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_asked_them on the_Jews the_escaped who they_remained from the_captivity and_about Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem).
UHB וַיָּבֹ֨א חֲנָ֜נִי אֶחָ֧ד מֵאַחַ֛י ה֥וּא וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם עַל־הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה אֲשֶֽׁר־נִשְׁאֲר֥וּ מִן־הַשֶּׁ֖בִי וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ‡
(vayyāⱱoʼ ḩₐnānī ʼeḩād mēʼaḩay hūʼ vaʼₐnāshim miyhūdāh vāʼeshʼālēm ˊal-hayyəhūdim hapəlēyţāh ʼₐsher-nishʼₐrū min-hashsheⱱī vəˊal-yərūshālāim.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available
BrTr And Anani, one of my brethren, came, he and some men of Juda; and I asked them concerning those that had escaped, who had been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
ULT And Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and men from Judah. And I asked them about the Jews who escaped, who were left behind from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
UST Hanani, one of my brothers, came to see me, along with some other people from the province of Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and remained in Judah many years earlier when soldiers had forced many Jews to go to Babylon. I also asked about the condition of the city of Jerusalem.
BSB Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
OEB that Hanani, one of my kinsmen came, together with certain men from Judah, and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left from the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
WEBBE Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem.
LSV and Hanani, one of my brothers, he and men of Judah come in, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;
FBV Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men. I asked them about the remnant of the Jewish exiles who had returned from captivity, and also about Jerusalem.
T4T My brother Hanani came to visit me. He and some other men had just returned from Judah. I queried them about the Jews who were living there, whose parents had been ◄exiled/taken forcefully► to Babylonia many years previously. I also asked them about what was happening in Jerusalem.
LEB and one of my brothers, Hanani, came with some men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped the captivity and about Jerusalem.
BBE That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,
Moff No Moff NEH book available
JPS that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain men; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
ASV that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
DRA That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda; and I asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
YLT and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;
Drby that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
RV that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Wbstr That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
KJB-1769 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
(That Hanani, one of my brethren/brothers, came, he and certain men of Yudah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Yerusalem. )
KJB-1611 That Hanani, one of my brethren came, he and certaine men of Iudah, and I asked them concerning the Iewes that had escaped, which were left of the captiuitie, and concerning Ierusalem.
(That Hanani, one of my brethren/brothers came, he and certaine men of Yudah, and I asked them concerning the Yews that had escaped, which were left of the captiuitie, and concerning Yerusalem.)
Bshps Came Hanani, one of my brethren, he and the men of Iuda: and I asked them howe the Iewes dyd that were deliuered and escaped from the captiuitie, and howe it went at Hierusalem.
(Came Hanani, one of my brethren/brothers, he and the men of Yudah: and I asked them how the Yews did that were delivered and escaped from the captiuitie, and how it went at Yerusalem.)
Gnva Came Hanam, one of my brethren, he and the men of Iudah, and I asked them concerning the Iewes that were deliuered, which were of the residue of the captiuitie, and concerning Ierusalem.
(Came Hanam, one of my brethren/brothers, he and the men of Yudah, and I asked them concerning the Yews that were delivered, which were of the residue of the captiuitie, and concerning Yerusalem. )
Cvdl and Hanani one of my brethren came with certayne me of Iuda, and I axed them how the Iewes dyd that were delyuered and escaped from the captiuyte, & how it wente at Ierusale.
(and Hanani one of my brethren/brothers came with certain me of Yudah, and I asked them how the Yews did that were delivered and escaped from the captiuyte, and how it went at Yerusalem.)
Wyc and Ananye, oon of my britheren, cam to me, he and men of Juda; and Y axide hem of the Jewis, that weren left, and weren alyue of the caitifte, and of Jerusalem.
(and Ananye, one of my brethren/brothers, came to me, he and men of Yudah; and I asked them of the Yewis, that were left, and were alive of the caitifte, and of Yerusalem.)
Luth da kam Hanani, einer meiner Brüder, mit etlichen Männern aus Juda. Und ich fragte sie, wie es den Juden ginge, die errettet und übrig waren von dem Gefängnis, und wie es zu Jerusalem ginge?
(da came Hanani, einer my brothers, with etlichen menn out_of Yuda. And I asked sie, like it the Yuden ginge, the errettet and left-over were from to_him Gefängnis, and like it to Yerusalem ginge?)
ClVg Et venit Hanani, unus de fratribus meis, ipse et viri ex Juda: et interrogavi eos de Judæis qui remanserant, et supererant de captivitate, et Jerusalem.
(And he_came Hanani, unus about fratribus mine, exactly_that/himself and viri from Yuda: and interrogavi them about Yudæis who remanserant, and supererant about captivitate, and Yerusalem. )
1:2 Hanani might have been one of Nehemiah’s blood brothers; this word in Hebrew can also mean “fellow countryman” (e.g., Deut 1:16, “fellow Israelite”).
• the Jews who had returned: See Ezra 2:64-65; 8:1-14.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
חֲנָ֜נִי
Hanani
This is the name of a man.
חֲנָ֜נִי אֶחָ֧ד
Hanani one(ms)
The term brother is often used in this book, but here it most likely means that Hanani was Nehemiah’s biological brother.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ה֥וּא וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים
he/it and,men
This was a delegation that had come from one Jewish community to visit another Jewish community in another part of the world. So it’s possible that it included women as well as men. Alternate translation: “along with some other people”
Note 3 topic: translate-names
מִֽיהוּדָ֑ה
from,Judah
Judah was formerly the southern kingdom of the Israelites. It was now a Persian province. Alternate translation: “the province of Judah”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה אֲשֶֽׁר־נִשְׁאֲר֥וּ מִן־הַשֶּׁ֖בִי
the,Jews the,escaped that survived from/more_than the,captivity
These two phrases mean the same thing. Nehemiah uses them together for clarity to describe one particular group of people, and perhaps also to express his particular concern for them. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that would be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: “the Jews who had escaped the exile”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה אֲשֶֽׁר־נִשְׁאֲר֥וּ מִן־הַשֶּׁ֖בִי
the,Jews the,escaped that survived from/more_than the,captivity
These two phrases refer to the same group of people. This could mean: (1) the few Jews who were taken as exiles to Babylon but who later were able to return and live in Jerusalem or (2) the few Jews who had escaped from those who were trying to take them into exile in Babylon and so remained in Jerusalem. It is probably best to translate this in a way that can include both groups. Alternate translation: “the Jews who had escaped the exile and who remained in Jerusalem”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
הַשֶּׁ֖בִי
the,captivity
Captivity is an abstract noun that refers to the Jews being taken away from their homeland. Judah had been conquered by the Babylonians about 150 years before this. At that time, the Babylonians took many people away from Judah and relocated them to different parts of their empire. About 50 years later, the Persian Empire conquered Babylon and so the Babylonian empire became the Persian empire. The Jews who had been captured by Babylon now lived in Persia, although some had since returned to Judah. You can translate the idea of captivity with a phrase such as “the time when the Jews were taken away” or “the time when soldiers forced many Jews to go to Babylon”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
and,about Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem)
Jerusalem had been the capital city of the kingdom of Judah. Nehemiah was asking specifically about the physical condition of the buildings and walls in the city, in addition to asking about the welfare of the Jewish community in Judah. Alternate translation: “about the condition of Jerusalem”