OET interlinear JOB 32:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים

full (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when full words/messages it,has_constrained_me spirit_of my_belly_of,my )

Elihu is using the term words to mean what he wants to say by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am full of things to say]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים

full (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when full words/messages it,has_constrained_me spirit_of my_belly_of,my )

Elihu is speaking of himself as if he were a container that was full of words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I have very many things to say]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ר֣וּחַ

spirit_of

By spirit, Elihu could mean God’s Spirit, as he described in verse 8 and implied in verse 13. If this is the meaning, your language may have some convention, such as capitalization, for distinguishing God’s Spirit from the spirit of a person. Alternate translation: [the Spirit]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בִּטְנִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when full words/messages it,has_constrained_me spirit_of my_belly_of,my )

Elihu is using one part of himself, his belly, to mean all of him in the act of being compelled. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [within me]