OET interlinear ZEC 2:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ה֣וֹי ה֗וֹי

listen listen

The exclamation Woe! Woe! is repeated for emphasis to express urgency and warning. If your language has its own way of expressing an urgent warning, you could use it here. Alternate translation: [Listen! Listen!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מֵ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ צָפ֖וֹן

from_[the],land_of north

Yahweh is using the land of the north to refer to Babylon, since the Babylonians came from the north to invade Judah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [from the land of Babylon]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה

declares_of YHWH

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun declaration in another way. Alternate translation: [this is what Yahweh says]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠אַרְבַּ֞ע רוּח֧וֹת הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֛יִם פֵּרַ֥שְׂתִּי אֶתְ⁠כֶ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: listen listen (and),flee from_[the],land_of north declares_of YHWH that/for/because/then/when like,the_four winds_of the=heavens scattered ,you(pl) declares_of YHWH )

Yahweh compares the way he scattered his people to the way the four winds of the heavens blow in every direction. If this comparison does not communicate well in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I have scattered you to every part of the earth]