OET interlinear ZEC 1:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עָרַ֖⁠י

cities_of,my

Here, My cities represents the people who live in those cities. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [The people living in my cities]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

קְרָ֣א לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר

proclaim to=say

There are three levels of quotation here. The angel of Yahweh is speaking to Zechariah (level 1) and telling him to proclaim a message (level 2), which itself quotes what Yahweh of Armies says (level 3). Use the appropriate punctuation in your language to mark these levels of quotation. Alternatively, you could translate this so that there is not a third-level quotation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ⁠טּ֑וֹב

from,good

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of goodness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [from good things]