OET interlinear 1 KI 4:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַ⁠יִּתֵּן֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים חָכְמָ֧ה לִ⁠שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּ⁠תְבוּנָ֖ה הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד

(va⁠yyittēn ʼₑlohim ḩākəmāh li⁠shəlomoh ū⁠təⱱūnāh harbēh məʼod)

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of wisdom and understanding, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [And God made Solomon wise and able to understand very much]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠רֹ֣חַב לֵ֔ב כַּ⁠ח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַ⁠יָּֽם

(və⁠roḩaⱱ lēⱱ ka⁠ḩōl ʼₐsher ˊal-səfat ha⁠yyām)

The point of this comparison is that just as there are very many grains of sand that is on the shore of the sea, so God gave Solomon breadth of heart (that is, capacity of mind) to learn and remember very many things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and capacity to know very many things, just as there are very main grains of sand on the shore of the sea]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠רֹ֣חַב לֵ֔ב

(və⁠roḩaⱱ lēⱱ)

The author is speaking as if Solomon’s heart were very wide or had great breadth. In this context, the heart represents the mind, as able to obtain knowledge. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and capacity of mind for great knowledge]