OET interlinear PRO 14:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם & וּ⁠קְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ

long_of angers & and,hasty_of spirit

One long of nostrils and one short of spirit refer to types of people in general, not to specific people. If it would be helpful, you could use more natural expressions in your language. Alternate translation: “Any person long of nostrils … but any person short of spirit”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם

long_of angers

The phrase long of nostrils is an idiom that refers to a type of person who does not become angry quickly. The word “nostrils” means “anger” by association with the way that a person who is angry breathes heavily through his nose, causing his nostrils to open wide. Your language and culture may also associate anger with a particular part of the body. If so, you could use an expression involving that part of the body in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “One who does not easily vent his spleen” or “One who does not become angry quickly”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תְּבוּנָ֑ה & אִוֶּֽלֶת

understanding & folly

See how you translated the abstract nouns understanding in [1:2](../01/02.md) and folly in [5:23](../05/23.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠קְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ

and,hasty_of spirit

The phrase short of spirit is an idiom that refers to a type of person who gets angry quickly. Your language and culture may also associate anger with a particular part of the body. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but a short-tempered person” or “but one who becomes angry quickly”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מֵרִ֥ים

exalts

Here Solomon speaks of someone publicly showing folly as if folly were an object that someone lifts up for everyone to see. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “publicly displays” or “lets everyone observe”