OET interlinear ISA 29:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי

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: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נָסַ֨ךְ עֲלֵי⁠כֶ֤ם יְהוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה

poured_out on,you(pl) YHWH spirit_of trance/deep_sleep/lethargy

Isaiah is speaking as if spiritual blindness were a spirit of deep sleep that could be poured out like liquid. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh has made you completely unable to understand]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ר֣וּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה

spirit_of trance/deep_sleep/lethargy

Isaiah is using the possessive form to describe a spirit that is characterized by deep sleep. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [a spirit that causes deep sleep]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יְעַצֵּ֖ם אֶת עֵֽינֵי⁠כֶ֑ם אֶת הַ⁠נְּבִיאִ֛ים

and,he_has_shut DOM your(pl)=eyes DOM the,prophets

Isaiah is speaking as if preventing understanding were Yahweh having closed your eyes. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he closed the understanding of the prophets]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶת עֵֽינֵי⁠כֶ֑ם אֶת הַ⁠נְּבִיאִ֛ים

DOM your(pl)=eyes DOM the,prophets

Isaiah is speaking as if the prophets were the eyes of the nation, since prophets enable the people to perceive spiritual truth just as eyes enable a person to see. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your eyes, the prophets, those who enable you to perceive spiritual truth]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָאשֵׁי⁠כֶ֥ם הַ⁠חֹזִ֖ים כִּסָּֽה

heads_of,your(pl) the,seers covered

Isaiah is speaking as if preventing the seers from receiving visions were having covered your heads. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he has prevented the seers from seeing]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָאשֵׁי⁠כֶ֥ם הַ⁠חֹזִ֖ים

heads_of,your(pl) the,seers

Isaiah is speaking as if the seers were the heads of the nation, since seers guide the people spiritually just as the head directs the body. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your leaders, the seers]