OET interlinear PSA 98:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠כִנּ֑וֹר

(Some words not found in UHB: sing_praises to/for=YHWH with,a_harp with,a_harp and_[the],sound_of melody )

The psalmist is not referring to a specific harp. He means harps in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [with harps]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בְּ⁠כִנּ֑וֹר בְּ֝⁠כִנּ֗וֹר

(Some words not found in UHB: sing_praises to/for=YHWH with,a_harp with,a_harp and_[the],sound_of melody )

The psalmist repeats the phrase with the harp to emphasize its meaning. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [with the harp, yes, with the harp]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠ק֣וֹל זִמְרָֽה

and_[the],sound_of melody

The psalmist is using this possessive form to describe singing that is characterized by being vocal rather than instrumental. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and with people singing]