OET interlinear MAL 4:2

uW Translation Notes:

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.