OET interlinear ISA 8:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

כִּ֗י בְּ⁠טֶ֨רֶם֙ יֵדַ֣ע הַ⁠נַּ֔עַר קְרֹ֖א אָבִ֣⁠י וְ⁠אִמִּ֑⁠י יִשָּׂ֣א אֶת־חֵ֣יל דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק וְ⁠אֵת֙ שְׁלַ֣ל שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

that/for/because/then/when before,before knows the,lad call my_father_of,my and,O_of,my_mother carried_away DOM wealth_of Dammeseq and=DOM spoil_of Shomrōn to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before king ʼAshshūr

The word before indicates a temporal sequence in which the second event will happen before the first event has time to take place. Your language may have a connecting phrase that you can use to show this. Alternate translation: [one will carry away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria to the face of the king of Assyria before the boy knows to call out ‘my father’ or ‘my mother]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠טֶ֨רֶם֙ יֵדַ֣ע הַ⁠נַּ֔עַר קְרֹ֖א אָבִ֣⁠י וְ⁠אִמִּ֑⁠י

before,before knows the,lad call my_father_of,my and,O_of,my_mother

Isaiah is using before the boy knows to call out my father or my mother as a common expression of the culture to mean “before the child is very old” or “within a very short time.” 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: [before the boy is old enough to speak]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

יִשָּׂ֣א

carried_away

The pronoun one refers to the king of Assyria. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the Assyrian king will carry away]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before king ʼAshshūr

Here, the face of the king of Assyria represents the presence of the king of Assyria. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [to the presence of the king of Assyria]