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OET (OET-RV) The following are the words of the leader,[fn] David’s son, king in Yerushalem (Jerusalem):
1:1 We don’t have enough information to fully understand the meaning of the Hebrew word ‘קֹהֶ֣לֶת’ (Kohelet), but it probably means something like ‘leader/speaker of the assembly’, so we use ‘the leader’ throughout this document.
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן־דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
words_of teacher son_of Dāvid king in,Jerusalem
Here, the author introduces Qoheleth as a new participant in the story. Your language may have its own way of introducing new participants that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Qoheleth, son of David and king in Jerusalem, spoke these words]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
דִּבְרֵי֙
words_of
The author is using the term word to introduce the message that Qoheleth spoke as he taught. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The teachings of]
Note 3 topic: translate-names
קֹהֶ֣לֶת
teacher
The word Qoheleth is likely a title, meaning “one who assembles.” It is used as a designation for the speaker of this book. Translators may translate it or transliterate it.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish
דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Dāvid king in,Jerusalem
OET (OET-RV) The following are the words of the leader,[fn] David’s son, king in Yerushalem (Jerusalem):
1:1 We don’t have enough information to fully understand the meaning of the Hebrew word ‘קֹהֶ֣לֶת’ (Kohelet), but it probably means something like ‘leader/speaker of the assembly’, so we use ‘the leader’ throughout this document.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.