OET interlinear HAB 3:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לְ⁠יֵ֣שַׁע עַמֶּ֔⁠ךָ לְ⁠יֵ֖שַׁע אֶת־מְשִׁיחֶ֑⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: went_forth for,the_salvation_of your_people_of,your for_[the],salvation DOM your_of,anointed crushed head from_[the],house_of wicked laying_~_bare foundation until neck selah )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [to save your people, that is, to save your chosen king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָחַ֤צְתָּ רֹּאשׁ֙ מִ⁠בֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע עָר֛וֹת יְס֥וֹד עַד־צַוָּ֖אר

(Some words not found in UHB: went_forth for,the_salvation_of your_people_of,your for_[the],salvation DOM your_of,anointed crushed head from_[the],house_of wicked laying_~_bare foundation until neck selah )

Habakkuk is using two images together. He is speaking of the wicked person’s dynasty as if it were a house with a foundation, and he is speaking of God’s destruction of the leader as if it were an execution by beheading, striking the head and laying bare to the neck. Your language may have comparable expressions that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [destroyed the wicked leader and exposed all his followers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

רָשָׁ֔ע

(Some words not found in UHB: went_forth for,the_salvation_of your_people_of,your for_[the],salvation DOM your_of,anointed crushed head from_[the],house_of wicked laying_~_bare foundation until neck selah )

Habakkuk is using the adjective wicked as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [of the wicked one]