en_tn/ezr/08/18.md

Sherebiah ... Mahli ... Hashabiah ... Jeshaiah ... Merari

These are men's names. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

So they sent us by our God's good hand a man

God's "good hand" represents his kindness in providing for them. AT: "Because God was kind to us, they sent us a man" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

a prudent man

This is a man of understanding and wisdom.

son of Levi son of Israel

Here "Israel" is a man's name. It is the name God gave to Jacob.

eighteen ... twenty

18 ... 20 (See:" rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

Jeshaiah

See how you translated this man's name in Esra 8:7. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

officials

people with specific authority within a government system

220

"two hundred and twenty" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)