OET interlinear ISA 28:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

בֶֽ⁠חָרוּץ֙

with_(the),sledge

A sledge is a kind of heavy wooden threshing tool dragged over grain to separate the seeds from the stalks. If your readers would not be familiar with what a sledge is, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [with a heavy threshing tool]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠אוֹפַ֣ן עֲגָלָ֔ה & יוּסָּ֑ב

and,a_wheel_of cart & rolled

The expression is the wheel of a cart rolled 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: [does the wheel of a cart roll]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹ֤א בֶֽ⁠חָרוּץ֙ י֣וּדַשׁ קֶ֔צַח

not with_(the),sledge threshed dill

The expression is not threshed 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: [farmers do not thresh black cumin with a sledge]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יֵחָ֥בֶט

beaten_out

The expression is beaten 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: [farmers beat]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

בַ⁠מַּטֶּ֛ה & וְ⁠כַמֹּ֥ן בַּ⁠שָּֽׁבֶט

with,staff & and,cumin with,rod

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. The full meaning is that black cumin is beaten with a stick, and cumin is beaten with a rod. Alternate translation: [with a stick, and cumin is beaten with a rod]