The listing of rural towns continues with the preposition in attached to the beginning of each place name. Revised Standard Version follows the Hebrew quite closely while Good News Translation adapts to normal English syntax. Contemporary English Version cites the names with only commas separating them. Many languages use affixes or postpositions to indicate location. Translators must use grammatical forms that are natural in the receptor language.

Quoted with permission from Noss, Philip A. and Thomas, Kenneth J. A Handbook on Nehemiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2005. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .