OET interlinear ISA 10:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א כְּ⁠כַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ כַּלְנ֑וֹ

?,not like,Carchemish Calno

The king of Assyria is using the question form to assert that Calno fell to him just as Carchemish did. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Calno fell just as Carchemish fell]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

כַּלְנ֑וֹ

Calno

The word Calno is the name of a city.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

כְּ⁠כַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ

like,Carchemish

The word Carchemish is the name of a city.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אִם־לֹ֤א כְ⁠אַרְפַּד֙ חֲמָ֔ת

if not like,Arpad Ḩₐmāt

The king of Assyria is using the question form to assert that Hamath fell to him just as Arpad did. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Hamath fell just as Arpad fell.]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

אִם

if

The Assyrian king is not using the term Or to ask listeners to say whether the situation described in this question is the actual one, as opposed to the situation described in the preceding question. He is using the term to introduce this question as further description of what the preceding question describes. Your language may have a connecting word that would show how this question relates to the one before it. In some languages, it may be clearer not to use a connecting word. Alternate translation: [Indeed,]

Note 6 topic: translate-names

כְ⁠אַרְפַּד֙

like,Arpad

The word Arpad is the name of a city.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אִם־לֹ֥א כְ⁠דַמֶּ֖שֶׂק שֹׁמְרֽוֹן

if if not like,Damascus Shomrōn

The king of Assyria is using the question form to assert that Samaria fell to him just as Damascus did. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Samaria fell just as Damascus fell.]

Note 8 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

(Occurrence 2) אִם

if

The Assyrian king is not using the term Or to ask listeners to say whether the situation described in this question is the actual one, as opposed to the situation described in the preceding question. He is using the term to introduce this question as further description of what the preceding question describes. Your language may have a connecting word that would show how this question relates to the one before it. In some languages, it may be clearer not to use a connecting word. Alternate translation: [Indeed,]