OET interlinear ISA 23:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַשָּׂ֖א צֹ֑ר

oracle_of Tsor/(Tyre)

See how you translated the phrase burden of in [13:1](../13/01.md). Alternate translation: [message about Tyre]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

הֵילִ֣ילוּ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ

wail ships_of Tarshiysh

Isaiah is speaking to the ships of Tarshish that he knows cannot hear him. He is doing this to communicate to the people listening to him that he feels very strongly about the destruction of Tyre, a busy port they use frequently. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these words as if he were speaking directly to the people about the ships of Tarshish. Alternate translation: [Wail for the ships of Tarshish]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

שֻׁדַּ֤ד

destroyed

The expression it has been destroyed 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: [their enemy has destroyed it]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

שֻׁדַּ֤ד

destroyed

The pronoun it refers to the city of Tyre. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the city has been destroyed]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִ⁠בַּ֨יִת֙ מִ⁠בּ֔וֹא

from,house from,coming

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: [so that no house remains and a ship cannot safely enter the harbor]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִגְלָה לָֽ⁠מוֹ

learned to,them

The expression it was revealed to them 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: [the sailoors of Tarshish learned about it]