OET interlinear ZEC 9:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

כִּ֥י מַה־טּוּב֖⁠וֹ וּ⁠מַה־יָפְי֑⁠וֹ

that/for/because/then/when what? be]_its_goodness_of,[will and,how! be]_its_beauty_of,[will

Zechariah is using phrases that express a strong feeling of admiration and praise. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. Alternate translation: [Everything is amazing and wonderful]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

מַה־טּוּב֖⁠וֹ וּ⁠מַה־יָפְי֑⁠וֹ

what? be]_its_goodness_of,[will and,how! be]_its_beauty_of,[will

The pronoun his could refer to 1) the people. Alternate translation: [how good and beautiful every one is] 2) Yahweh. Alternate translation: [how great is Yahweh’s goodness, and how great is Yahweh’s beauty] It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַה־טּוּב֖⁠וֹ וּ⁠מַה־יָפְי֑⁠וֹ

what? be]_its_goodness_of,[will and,how! be]_its_beauty_of,[will

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of goodness and beauty, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [how good he is, and how beautiful]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

דָּגָן֙ בַּֽחוּרִ֔ים וְ⁠תִיר֖וֹשׁ יְנוֹבֵ֥ב בְּתֻלֽוֹת

grain young_men and,new_wine make_~_flourish young_women

Zechariah is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine will make the virgins flourish]