# On the sealed documents were Nehemiah ... Malchijah

The names of these people were written on the documents. This can be stated clearly. AT: "On the sealed documents were the names of Nehemiah ... Malchijah" or "On the sealed documents were the names of the following people: Nehemiah ... Malchijah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# sealed documents

The documents were sealed after the names had been signed on the documents.

# Nehemiah

Some people believe that Nehemiah wrote this book and is speaking of himself as if he were someone else because this is an official list. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])

# Hakaliah

This is a man's name. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 1:1](../01/01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Zedekiah, Seraiah ... Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Azariah

This is a man's name. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 3:23](../03/22.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Malchijah

This is a man's name. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 3:11](../03/11.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seal]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nehemiah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/governor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/zedekiah]]