OET interlinear PRO 15:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְ⁠אַהֲבָה & מִ⁠שּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְ⁠שִׂנְאָה

dinner_of vegetables and,love & than,ox fattened and,hatred

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “is having a portion of vegetables and having love … than having a fattened ox and having hatred”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק

dinner_of vegetables

Here, a portion of vegetables refers to a small meal without much food. This kind of meal would be eaten by someone who cannot afford to buy meat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is very little food” or “is a poor person’s meal”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠אַהֲבָה & וְ⁠שִׂנְאָה

and,love & and,hatred

See how you translated the abstract nouns love and hatred in [10:12](../10/12.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠שּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס

than,ox fattened

Here, a fattened ox refers to a large meal including meat such as a fattened ox. This kind of meal would be eaten by a wealthy person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “than very much food” or “than a wealthy person’s meal”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שִׂנְאָה־בֽ⁠וֹ

and,hatred in=him/it

Here Solomon refers to feeling hatred as if that hatred were an object that someone could have with a fattened ox. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “while having hatred”