OET interlinear ISA 48:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וַ⁠יְהִ֤י כַ⁠חוֹל֙ זַרְעֶ֔⁠ךָ

and=he/it_was like,sand offspring_of,your

The point of this comparison is that just as the sand is too plentiful to count, so your seed would have been very numerous. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [And your seed would have been as numerous and uncountable as the sand]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זַרְעֶ֔⁠ךָ

offspring_of,your

Here Yahweh is speaking of the people’s descendants as if they were seed that a person plants. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your offspring]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠צֶאֱצָאֵ֥י מֵעֶ֖י⁠ךָ כִּ⁠מְעֹתָ֑י⁠ו

and,the_descendants_of your(pl)_inward_parts_of,your like,grains_of,its

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: [and the offspring of your womb would have been like its grains]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠צֶאֱצָאֵ֥י מֵעֶ֖י⁠ךָ כִּ⁠מְעֹתָ֑י⁠ו

and,the_descendants_of your(pl)_inward_parts_of,your like,grains_of,its

The point of this comparison is that just as its grains are too many to count, so the offspring of your womb would have been very numerous. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and the offspring of your womb would have been as numerous as its grains]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠צֶאֱצָאֵ֥י מֵעֶ֖י⁠ךָ

and,the_descendants_of your(pl)_inward_parts_of,your

Yahweh is using this possessive form to mean the children who would come from your own body. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the children born to you]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹֽא יִכָּרֵ֧ת

not cut_off

The expression been cut off 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: [I would not have cut him off]

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

לֹֽא יִכָּרֵ֧ת

not cut_off

The pronoun He refers to the people’s descendants, spoken of together as a single group. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Your offspring would not have been cut off]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְֽ⁠לֹא יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד שְׁמ֖⁠וֹ

and=not destroyed his/its=name

The expression been destroyed 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 I would not have destroyed his name]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠לְּ⁠פָנָֽ⁠י

from,before,face_of,me

Yahweh is using from to my face as a common expression of the culture to mean “from my presence.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [from my presence]