translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “because for what was at first [i.e., formerly] you [were] not, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him concerning the procedure.”


text: Heb “causing to be heard to lift up with a voice of joy.”


text: The Hebrew text adds, “their brothers.”


label: NET textual note

text: The Hebrew text adds בֶּן ( ben , “son”) here; the word is omitted in three Hebrew mss and most LXX mss . If the word is original, perhaps the name of Zechariah’s father was accidentally omitted. Some English versions treat the word as an additional name in the list (“Ben”; e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB).


text: The meaning of the Hebrew word עֲלָמוֹת (’ alamot ) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See HALOT 835-36 s.v. עַלְמָה .


text: The meaning of the Hebrew word שְׁמִינִית ( shÿminit ) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See HALOT 1562 s.v. שְׁמִינֹי .


text: Heb “for” or “according to.”


text: Heb “and Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, with lifting up, supervising with lifting up, for he was well-informed.” The precise nuance of מַשָּׂא ( masa ’, “lifting up”) is unclear. Some understand it as a reference to supervising the singing and music (e.g., NIV: “Kenaniah…was in charge of the singing”; NEB: “Kenaniah…was precentor in charge of the music”).


text: Heb “gatekeepers.”


text: Heb “the leader, the lifting up, the musicians.” See also the note on the word “matter” in v. 22 .


text: The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”