OET interlinear ZEP 1:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

י֥וֹם

day

If you have been translating the phrase “the day of Yahweh” with an expression that uses the word “time,” you may wish to say “time” rather than day here. Alternate translation: [a time of]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שׁוֹפָ֖ר וּ⁠תְרוּעָ֑ה

trumpet and,battle-cry

Yahweh is referring to a ram’s horn, a shofar, that soldiers would use to signal an attack. Yahweh is using the term by association to mean the sound that this horn would make. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. It may be more natural in your language to use plural forms here. Alternate translation: [horn blasts and battle-cries]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַ֚ל הֶ⁠עָרִ֣ים הַ⁠בְּצֻר֔וֹת וְ⁠עַ֖ל הַ⁠פִּנּ֥וֹת הַ⁠גְּבֹהֽוֹת

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities (Some words not found in UHB: day trumpet and,battle-cry on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities (the),fortified and,on the,corners (the),high )

Yahweh is using the term corners by association to mean the towers that were built at the corners of the walls around cities in the kingdom of Judah. Those walls were not straight; they had angles and corners so that defenders could attack besieging armies from more than one direction. High towers were built at the corners so that the defenders could attack from a height. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [against the fortified cities and against the high towers at the corners of their walls]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עַ֚ל הֶ⁠עָרִ֣ים הַ⁠בְּצֻר֔וֹת וְ⁠עַ֖ל הַ⁠פִּנּ֥וֹת הַ⁠גְּבֹהֽוֹת

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities (Some words not found in UHB: day trumpet and,battle-cry on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,cities (the),fortified and,on the,corners (the),high )

The phrases fortified cities and high corners mean similar things. The high towers at the corners of city walls were one part of their fortifications. Yahweh is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [the walled cities and all of their fortifications]