# General Information:

The word "I" in chapter 8 refers to Ezra. He is the author.

# General Information:

Verse 16 contains a list of men's names. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# the canal that goes to Ahava

Possible meanings are that the "canal" was 1) a waterway that men built or 2) an ordinary river. It can be translated in a more general way. AT: "the waterway that flows to Ahava"

# Ahava

This is the name of a place (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Shemaiah

See how you translated this man's name in [Esra 8:13](./12.md).

# Elnathan ... Elnathan ... Elnathan

There were apparently three men with the same name.