OET interlinear ISA 19:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ⁠אָנוּ֙ הַ⁠דַּיָּגִ֔ים וְ⁠אָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל־מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַ⁠יְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּ⁠פֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ

and,they_will_lament the,fishermen and,they_will_mourn all/each/any/every throw_of in,River hooks and,[those_who]_spread_out_of nets on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of waters languish

These three clauses mean basically the same thing. The second and third clauses emphasize 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. Another approach would be to connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. See how you as a team have decided to translate the parallel phrases in poetry, and follow that approach here and throughout this chapter. Alternate translation: [All the fishermen who used to fish in the Nile will mourn]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of waters

Isaiah is using the face of the waters as a common expression of the culture to mean “the surface of the waters.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [upon the surface of the waters]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֻמְלָֽלוּ

languish

The expression will be enfeebled is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [will languish] or [will weaken]