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OET-LV No OET-LV MAL 4:2 verse available
OET (OET-RV) But for you who respect my name, the sun of righteousness will rise and bring healing. You’ll all go out, jumping around like calves let out of their stall,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לָכֶ֜ם יִרְאֵ֤י שְׁמִי֙
(lākem yirʼēy shəmiy)
Here my name stands for Yahweh himself.
וְזָרְחָ֨ה & שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ צְדָקָ֔ה וּמַרְפֵּ֖א בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ
(vəzārəḩāh & shemesh ʦədāqāh ūmarpēʼ bikənāfeyhā)
This could mean: (1) Yahweh, who always acts righteously, will come and heal his people on that day or (2) on that day Yahweh will reveal the people’s righteousness and heal them.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וּמַרְפֵּ֖א בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ
(ūmarpēʼ bikənāfeyhā)
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of healing, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the ability to heal in its wings”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וּמַרְפֵּ֖א בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ
(ūmarpēʼ bikənāfeyhā)
This could mean: (1) the act of healing someone is spoken of as if it were an object that the sun carried to people by means of its wings or (2) the healing takes place under the wings, that is, in the security God gives his people.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ
(bikənāfeyhā)
It was common in the Ancient Near East to speak of the sun as if it had wings, with which it moved across the sky. This could mean: (1) the sun’s life-giving rays of light are spoken of as if they were its wings or (2) the wings are said to cover God’s people so as to give them peace and safey.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י מַרְבֵּֽק
(viyʦāʼtem ūfishtem kəˊeglēy marbēq)
Here the redeemed people of Yahweh are spoken of as if they were young bulls released from their stalls, allowed to go out into their pasture.
4:2 The source for the title Sun of Righteousness might have been the winged sun disk that is ubiquitous in ancient Near Eastern iconography. Here it might be a title for the Messiah or a figurative description of a new era of righteousness in which God will overturn the curse of sin. Israel’s spiritual restoration, or healing, would be based on God’s cleansing the people and forgiving their sins (see Jer 33:6-8; cp. Jer 8:14-15). It would result from a collective confession of sin and their turning back to God (Mal 3:7; cp. Jer 14:19-20).
• in his wings: Outstretched wings are a symbol of God’s protection and rescue (see Exod 19:4; Deut 32:10-11; Ps 17:8; 18:10).
OET-LV No OET-LV MAL 4:2 verse available
OET (OET-RV) But for you who respect my name, the sun of righteousness will rise and bring healing. You’ll all go out, jumping around like calves let out of their stall,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.