OET interlinear HAB 3:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fig/fig_tree not blossom and,there_[is]_not fruit on,vines fails crop_of olive and,fields not he/it_had_made food cut_off from_[the],fold flock_of_sheep/goats and,there_[are]_not cattle in,stalls )

Here Habakkuk uses the word Though to introduce a contrast. Despite the complete failure of crops and livestock described in this verse, Habakkuk will still rejoice in Yahweh (verse 18). Use a connector in your language that indicates a strong contrast between an undesirable situation and an unexpected response. Alternate translation: [Even though]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

כִּחֵשׁ֙ מַעֲשֵׂה־זַ֔יִת

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fig/fig_tree not blossom and,there_[is]_not fruit on,vines fails crop_of olive and,fields not he/it_had_made food cut_off from_[the],fold flock_of_sheep/goats and,there_[are]_not cattle in,stalls )

Habakkuk is speaking of the work of the olive as if it were a person who could be deceptive. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the olive tree has failed to produce a crop]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

מַעֲשֵׂה־זַ֔יִת

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fig/fig_tree not blossom and,there_[is]_not fruit on,vines fails crop_of olive and,fields not he/it_had_made food cut_off from_[the],fold flock_of_sheep/goats and,there_[are]_not cattle in,stalls )

Habakkuk is using the possessive form to describe the work that is done by the olive tree, that is, the olives or oil that the olive tree produces. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the crop from the olive tree]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

גָּזַ֤ר מִ⁠מִּכְלָה֙ צֹ֔אן וְ⁠אֵ֥ין בָּקָ֖ר בָּ⁠רְפָתִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fig/fig_tree not blossom and,there_[is]_not fruit on,vines fails crop_of olive and,fields not he/it_had_made food cut_off from_[the],fold flock_of_sheep/goats and,there_[are]_not cattle in,stalls )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [and we have no domestic animals]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

גָּזַ֤ר מִ⁠מִּכְלָה֙ צֹ֔אן

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when fig/fig_tree not blossom and,there_[is]_not fruit on,vines fails crop_of olive and,fields not he/it_had_made food cut_off from_[the],fold flock_of_sheep/goats and,there_[are]_not cattle in,stalls )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the sheep and goats vanish from their pens]