OET interlinear PRO 10:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֹ֣רַח

path

See how you translated the same use of path in [8:20](../08/20.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אֹ֣רַח לְ֭⁠חַיִּים שׁוֹמֵ֣ר מוּסָ֑ר

path to,life heeds instruction

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: [One who keeps instruction is on a path to life]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לְ֭⁠חַיִּים

to,life

Here, to indicates that what follows is the result of keeping instruction. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: “that leads to life” or “that results in life”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מוּסָ֑ר & תּוֹכַ֣חַת

instruction & rebuke

See how you translated the abstract nouns instruction in [1:2](../01/02.md) and rebuke in [1:25](../01/25.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠עוֹזֵ֖ב

and,rejects

See how you translated the same use of “forsake” in [1:8](../01/08.md).

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַתְעֶֽה

goes_astray

Here Solomon refers to someone deliberately doing wicked things that will result in that person’s destruction as if that person were wandering away from a good road. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “does what will result in that person’s destruction”