OET interlinear ISA 54:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

עֲנִיָּ֥ה סֹעֲרָ֖ה לֹ֣א נֻחָ֑מָה

(Some words not found in UHB: afflicted storm-tossed not comforted see/lo/see! I set in,antimony stones_of,your and,I,will_refound_you with,sapphires )

Isaiah 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: [You who are poor, tempested, and not comforted]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

עֲנִיָּ֥ה

afflicted

Yahweh is using the adjective Poor as a noun to mean a certain kind of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [You poor ones]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

סֹעֲרָ֖ה

storm-tossed

Yahweh is speaking of the people of Jerusalem as if they were tempested, meaning that they have been tossed about by a violent storm. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [afflicted by enemies]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

עֲנִיָּ֥ה סֹעֲרָ֖ה

afflicted storm-tossed

The expression tempested 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:[Storms have battered you poor ones]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹ֣א נֻחָ֑מָה

not comforted

The expression not comforted 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: [whom no one comforts]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָנֹכִ֜י מַרְבִּ֤יץ בַּ⁠פּוּךְ֙ אֲבָנַ֔יִ⁠ךְ וִ⁠יסַדְתִּ֖י⁠ךְ בַּ⁠סַּפִּירִֽים

I set in,antimony stones_of,your and,I,will_refound_you with,sapphires

Yahweh is speaking of restoring the city of Jerusalem as if he were setting your stones in antimony and laying its foundations with sapphires. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am going to rebuild you beautifully, with your stones laid as if in antimony and your foundations as precious as sapphires]

Note 7 topic: translate-unknown

בַּ⁠פּוּךְ֙

in,antimony

Here, antimony is a kind of dark mineral that was used as a setting for gemstones. If your readers would not be familiar with what antimony is, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [in a dark mortar]