OET interlinear PRO 10:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעוֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים

hatred stirs_up strife

Here Solomon speaks of Hatred as if it were a living thing that could cause quarrels. He means that people who hate others cause such quarrels. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Being hateful causes one to stir up quarrels”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠עַ֥ל כָּל־פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה

and,over all/each/any/every offenses covers love

Here Solomon speaks of love as if it were a living thing that could cover over transgressions. He means that people who love forgive transgressions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but loving others causes one to forgive transgressions”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים

offenses

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of transgressions, you could express the same idea in another way. Here, transgressions refers to crimes committed against people. Alternate translation: “kinds of things that people do to harm others”