PRO 11:27 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. שֹׁחֵר
2. 391031
3. one who seeks diligently
4. -
5. 7836
6. V-Vqrmsa
7. [one_who]_seeks_diligently
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 272338
1. טוֹב
2. 391032
3. good
4. -
6. O-Aamsa
7. good
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 272339
1. יְבַקֵּשׁ
2. 391033
3. he seeks
4. -
5. 1245
6. V-Vpi3ms
7. he_seeks
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 272340
1. רָצוֹן
2. 391034
3. favour
4. -
5. 7522
6. O-Ncmsa
7. favor
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 272341
1. וְ,דֹרֵשׁ
2. 391035,391036
3. and searches for
4. -
5. 1875
6. SV-C,Vqrmsa
7. and,searches_for
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 272342
1. רָעָה
2. 391037
3. evil
4. -
6. O-Ncfsa
7. evil
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 272343
1. תְבוֹאֶֽ,נּוּ
2. 391038,391039
3. come him
4. -
5. 935
6. VS-Vqi3fs,Sp3ms
7. come,him
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 272344
2. 391040
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 272345

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

שֹׁ֣חֵֽר & וְ⁠דֹרֵ֖שׁ & תְבוֹאֶֽ⁠נּוּ

diligently_seeks & and,searches_for & come,him

In this verse, One diligently seeking, one searching for, and him refer to types of people in general. They do not refer to specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who diligently seeks … but any person who searches for … it will come to that person”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שֹׁ֣חֵֽר & וְ⁠דֹרֵ֖שׁ

diligently_seeks & and,searches_for

In this verse, Solomon refers to people trying to do good and trying to do evil as if good and evil were objects that someone seeks or searches for. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “One who diligently tries to do good … but one who tries to do evil”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ט֭וֹב & רָצ֑וֹן & רָעָ֣ה

good & favour & evil

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of good, favor, and evil, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “what is good … to be favored … what is evil”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ט֭וֹב

good

Solomon is using the adjective good as a noun to mean good things. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [to do good things]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן

seeks favour

Solomon says that someone diligently seeking good also seeks favor because that is what that person receives from Yahweh and other people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “finds favor from Yahweh and people”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

תְבוֹאֶֽ⁠נּוּ

come,him

Here Solomon speaks of someone experiencing evil as if evil were a person who could come to that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly Alternate translation: “he will experience it” or “it will happen to him”

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear PRO 11:27

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)