OET interlinear ISA 41:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-foreground

הֵ֤ן

if

Yahweh is using the term Behold to focus the listeners’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Look]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

יֵבֹ֨שׁוּ֙ וְ⁠יִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ

ashamed and,they_will_be_put_to_shame

The terms have shame and be humiliated mean similar things. Yahweh is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [they will be completely put to shame]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠יִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ

and,they_will_be_put_to_shame

The expression be humiliated 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: [and God will humiliate them]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הַ⁠נֶּחֱרִ֣ים בָּ֑⁠ךְ

[those,who_are]_angry on/over=you(fs)

Here Yahweh is speaking of those who are angry at Israel as if their anger were a fire that had been kindled. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the ones who are angry with you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כֹּ֖ל הַ⁠נֶּחֱרִ֣ים בָּ֑⁠ךְ

all [those,who_are]_angry on/over=you(fs)

The expression having been kindled 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: [all of the ones who burned with anger against you]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יִֽהְי֥וּ כְ⁠אַ֛יִן

be as,nothing

The point of this comparison is that just as nought is nothing at all, so Israel’s enemies will amount to nothing and perish. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [Just as nothing is nothing at all, so they too will be nothing]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אַנְשֵׁ֥י רִיבֶֽ⁠ךָ

men_of your_strife_of,your

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of contention, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the men who contend with you]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אַנְשֵׁ֥י רִיבֶֽ⁠ךָ

men_of your_strife_of,your

Yahweh is using the possessive form to describe the men who are characterized by their contention with you, that is, those who quarrel with you. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the men who contend with you]