OET interlinear ISA 41:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְ⁠צִיּ֖וֹן

first to,Zion

Yahweh 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: [I was the first to announce to Zion]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְ⁠צִיּ֖וֹן הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑⁠ם

first to,Zion see/lo/see! here,they_[are]

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [The first to tell Zion to look and see them]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְ⁠צִיּ֖וֹן הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑⁠ם וְ⁠לִ⁠ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר אֶתֵּֽן

first to,Zion see/lo/see! here,they_[are] and,to,Jerusalem good_tidings give

Here Yahweh is describing events in the order they happened. Your language may have a connecting phrase that you can use to show this. Alternate translation: [First I said to Zion, ‘Behold, behold them!’ and then I sent a herald to Jerusalem]

Note 4 topic: writing-foreground

הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: first to,Zion see/lo/see! here,they_[are] and,to,Jerusalem good_tidings give )

Isaiah is using the term behold to focus his 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, here they are]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: first to,Zion see/lo/see! here,they_[are] and,to,Jerusalem good_tidings give )

Yahweh is repeating forms of the verb Behold in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [Look, look, here they are!]