OET interlinear YOEL (JOEL) 1:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

אֲהָ֖הּ לַ⁠יּ֑וֹם

alas for,day

Joel is using this phrase as an exclamation to express a strong feeling. There may be an equivalent phrase in your language that you could use in your translation to convey this strong feeling. If not, you could say what Joel was feeling. Alternate translation: [Oh, what a terrible day] or [What a distressing day]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֲהָ֖הּ לַ⁠יּ֑וֹם

alas for,day

Joel is using the term day to mean “this particular time of trouble,” by association with the way a day is a specific period of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Alas for this time]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה

day YHWH

Joel is using the term day to mean the time when Yahweh will judge and punish his enemies, by association with the way days make up specific periods of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the time when Yahweh will judge and punish his enemies]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ⁠כְ⁠שֹׁ֖ד מִ⁠שַׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא

(Some words not found in UHB: alas for,day that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH and,like,devastation from_[the],Almighty come )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of destruction, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when Shaddai will destroy many things]

Note 5 topic: translate-names

מִ⁠שַׁדַּ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: alas for,day that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH and,like,devastation from_[the],Almighty come )

The word Shaddai is another name for God. Some versions choose to translate the name as “the Almighty,” as in the UST.