OET interlinear 1 KI 7:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וּ֠⁠פִי⁠הוּ & וּ⁠פִ֨י⁠הָ֙ & פִּ֨י⁠הָ֙ מִקְלָע֔וֹת

and,opening_of,its & and,opening_of,its & (Some words not found in UHB: and,opening_of,its [was]_from,inside_of to,capital and,upward,upwards by,cubit and,opening_of,its round made_of so cubit and_(the),half_of of_(the),cubit and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=mouth carvings and,rims_of,their square not round )

The pronoun translated as its in the first instance is masculine, so it refers to the “basin” described in the previous verse. The pronoun translated as its in the second and third instances is feminine, so it refers to the capital. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the mouth of the basin … And the mouth of the capital … the mouth of the capital]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ֠⁠פִי⁠הוּ & וּ⁠פִ֨י⁠הָ֙

and,opening_of,its & and,opening_of,its

The author is using the term mouth in these first two instances to mean the openings of the basin and the capital. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And the opening of the basin … And the opening of the capital]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לַ⁠כֹּתֶ֤רֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: and,opening_of,its [was]_from,inside_of to,capital and,upward,upwards by,cubit and,opening_of,its round made_of so cubit and_(the),half_of of_(the),cubit and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=mouth carvings and,rims_of,their square not round )

The author is using the term capital to describe the structure on top of the stand that he calls a pedestal later in this verse and in [7:29](../07/29.md). He uses that term because the structure was placed on top of the stand, just like the decorative features on top of the pillars that he also calls “capitals” in [7:16–20](../07/16.md). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use the term “pedestal” here instead to make clear that the author is referring to that, not to the features of the pillars. Alternate translation: [the pedestal]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠פִ֨י⁠הָ֙ עָגֹ֣ל מַעֲשֵׂה־כֵ֔ן

and,opening_of,its round (Some words not found in UHB: and,opening_of,its [was]_from,inside_of to,capital and,upward,upwards by,cubit and,opening_of,its round made_of so cubit and_(the),half_of of_(the),cubit and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=mouth carvings and,rims_of,their square not round )

See the discussion of the phrase the work of in the introduction to this chapter. Alternate translation: [And its mouth was circular because it was made to be a pedestal] or [And its mouth was circular so that it could serve as a pedestal]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אַמָּ֖ה וַ⁠חֲצִ֣י הָֽ⁠אַמָּ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,opening_of,its [was]_from,inside_of to,capital and,upward,upwards by,cubit and,opening_of,its round made_of so cubit and_(the),half_of of_(the),cubit and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=mouth carvings and,rims_of,their square not round )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [it was a cubit and half of a cubit across]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠גַם־עַל־פִּ֨י⁠הָ֙ מִקְלָע֔וֹת

and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,opening_of,its [was]_from,inside_of to,capital and,upward,upwards by,cubit and,opening_of,its round made_of so cubit and_(the),half_of of_(the),cubit and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=mouth carvings and,rims_of,their square not round )

Here, the mouth or opening of the capital (pedestal) represents the rim around that opening. The author means that there were carvings on the rim of the pedestal, just as there were on the rim of the sea, as he describes in [7:24](../07/24.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and there were also carvings around the rim of the pedestal]

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

וּ⁠מִסְגְּרֹתֵי⁠הֶ֥ם מְרֻבָּע֖וֹת לֹ֥א עֲגֻלּֽוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and,opening_of,its [was]_from,inside_of to,capital and,upward,upwards by,cubit and,opening_of,its round made_of so cubit and_(the),half_of of_(the),cubit and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=mouth carvings and,rims_of,their square not round )

The pronoun their refers to the bronze stands. The author is repeating a detail he described in [7:27–28](../07/27.md) to indicate that these stands had a combination of round and square elements. Alternate translation: [But the panels of the stands were square, not round]