OET interlinear ISA 31:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ה֣וֹי

woe

Isaiah is using the word Woe to express a strong feeling of warning and judgment against those who seek help from Egypt instead of from Yahweh. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. Alternate translation: [How horrible it will be for]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ⁠עֶזְרָ֔ה

for,help

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of help, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [so that Egypt will help them]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

עַל־סוּסִ֖ים יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ וַ⁠יִּבְטְח֨וּ עַל־רֶ֜כֶב כִּ֣י רָ֗ב וְ⁠עַ֤ל פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ כִּֽי־עָצְמ֣וּ מְאֹ֔ד

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in horses rely and,they_have_relied on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in chariots that/for/because/then/when many and,on horsemen that/for/because/then/when strong very

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [They rely on horses and trust in chariots that are many, indeed, in horsemen that are very numerous]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ⁠לֹ֤א שָׁעוּ֙ עַל־קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ⁠אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א דָרָֽשׁוּ

and=not look on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in holy_of Yisrael and=DOM YHWH not seek

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [but they do not seek help from Yahweh, yes, the Holy One of Israel]