OET interlinear NAH 3:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

הִרְבֵּית֙

(Some words not found in UHB: increased traders_of,your more,than_the_stars_of the=heavens locust strips and,it_flew_away )

The pronoun You refers to Nineveh. If this is not clear for your readers, you could add the name. Alternate translation: [You, Nineveh, have multiplied]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

מִ⁠כּוֹכְבֵ֖י הַ⁠שָּׁמָ֑יִם

more,than_the_stars_of (Some words not found in UHB: increased traders_of,your more,than_the_stars_of the=heavens locust strips and,it_flew_away )

The author is using an extreme comparison to emphasize how many merchants Nineveh has. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this in a non-figurative way. Alternate translation: [to a very great number]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יֶ֥לֶק פָּשַׁ֖ט וַ⁠יָּעֹֽף

locust (Some words not found in UHB: increased traders_of,your more,than_the_stars_of the=heavens locust strips and,it_flew_away )

The author is saying that the merchants will be like locusts because they will take everything valuable and leave, as locusts do, and they will do this suddenly, as locusts strip off their skin and fly away. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [they will be like locusts that strip the land and themselves and then fly away]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פָּשַׁ֖ט

(Some words not found in UHB: increased traders_of,your more,than_the_stars_of the=heavens locust strips and,it_flew_away )

Here, stripped seems to have a double meaning. It can refer to the locust stripping itself of its outer skin, which releases its wings so that it can fly, but it also can refer to stripping a land or city of its valuable things. If possible, use a term that could have either meaning.