OET interlinear ZEP 1:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

הַ⁠מַּכְתֵּ֑שׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: wail inhabitants_of of,the_Mortar that/for/because/then/when perished all/each/any/every people Kənaˊan cut_off all/each/any/every weigh_out_of silver )

The word Maktesh is the name of one of the districts in the ancient city of Jerusalem. It seems to have been a place where many goods were bought and sold, and so some translations refer to it with a descriptive phrase rather than with this name. Alternate translation: [the market district]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

נִדְמָה֙ כָּל־עַ֣ם כְּנַ֔עַן נִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־נְטִ֥ילֵי כָֽסֶף

perished (Some words not found in UHB: wail inhabitants_of of,the_Mortar that/for/because/then/when perished all/each/any/every people Kənaˊan cut_off all/each/any/every weigh_out_of silver )

These two phrases mean similar things. Yahweh is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [all of the merchants and traders who make your district such a prosperous place will be completely destroyed]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִדְמָה֙ כָּל־עַ֣ם כְּנַ֔עַן נִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־נְטִ֥ילֵי כָֽסֶף

perished (Some words not found in UHB: wail inhabitants_of of,the_Mortar that/for/because/then/when perished all/each/any/every people Kənaˊan cut_off all/each/any/every weigh_out_of silver )

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [I am going to destroy all of the people of Canaan; yes, I am going to cut off all of the ones weighing silver]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַ֣ם כְּנַ֔עַן

people (Some words not found in UHB: wail inhabitants_of of,the_Mortar that/for/because/then/when perished all/each/any/every people Kənaˊan cut_off all/each/any/every weigh_out_of silver )

In this context, the expression people of Canaan refers to traders, not to those from the Canaanite people group. Many traders were Phoenicians, that is, Canaanites, and that is how the profession got this name, but the reference is to the profession and not to the people group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the traders]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נְטִ֥ילֵי כָֽסֶף

weigh_out_of silver

Yahweh is using the expression the ones weighing silver by association to mean merchants. In this culture, people used silver as money, determining its value by its weight. So merchants would weigh silver in order to determine how much of it to pay for goods or to accept in payment for them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the merchants]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

נִכְרְת֖וּ

cut_off

See how you translated the expression “cut off” in verse 3. Alternate translation: [will be destroyed]