OET interlinear ISA 10:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּי

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [Because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כִּי־ע֖וֹד מְעַ֣ט

that/for/because/then/when again/more few_of

Isaiah 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: [For yet a little while]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֑ר

few_of little

These two phrases a little and a trifle mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [a very short time]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠אַפִּ֖⁠י עַל־תַּבְלִיתָֽ⁠ם

and,anger_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of,their

Here, my nose represents Yahweh’s anger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [my anger will result in their destruction]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

עַל־תַּבְלִיתָֽ⁠ם

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of,their

The pronoun their refers to the Assyrians. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [will result in the destruction of the Assyrians]