OET interlinear NAH 3:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠תֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִ⁠נֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַ⁠יֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּ⁠יְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑⁠הּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

have,you_been_made_good? (Some words not found in UHB: have,you_been_made_good? more,than_No Amon [which,was]_dwelling among,canals waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart_of sea [was]_from,sea wall_of,its )

The author is using the question form to emphasize that Nineveh is not better than Thebes. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You are not better than Thebes, which was situated on the Nile River, with water all around her, whose defense was the sea, with water as her wall!]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

מִ⁠נֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: have,you_been_made_good? more,than_No Amon [which,was]_dwelling among,canals waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart_of sea [was]_from,sea wall_of,its )

Thebes refers to the powerful capital city of ancient Egypt in North Africa. It was conquered by Assyria in 663 B.C. If your readers would not be familiar with this place, you could describe it in a footnote.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: have,you_been_made_good? more,than_No Amon [which,was]_dwelling among,canals waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart_of sea [was]_from,sea wall_of,its )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second phrase emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [whose defense was the sea, that is, water was her wall]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: have,you_been_made_good? more,than_No Amon [which,was]_dwelling among,canals waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart_of sea [was]_from,sea wall_of,its )

The author is speaking of water as if it were a wall because it protected the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [protected by water like a wall]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: have,you_been_made_good? more,than_No Amon [which,was]_dwelling among,canals waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart_of sea [was]_from,sea wall_of,its )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [whose wall was water]