OET interlinear PRO 15:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מְֽאוֹר־עֵ֭ינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב & עָֽצֶם

light_of eyes rejoices heart & bones

The luminary, the heart, and the bone represents those things in general, not one particular luminary, heart, or bone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Luminaries of the eyes gladdens hearts … bones”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מְֽאוֹר־עֵ֭ינַיִם

light_of eyes

Solomon assumes that his readers will understand that he is referring to someone seeing The luminary of the eyes. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Seeing the luminary of the eyes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְֽאוֹר־עֵ֭ינַיִם

light_of eyes

Here Solomon refers to a joyful facial expression as if the person’s eyes shined brightly like a luminary body, such as the Sun. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “A cheerful expression”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לֵ֑ב

heart

Here, heart refers to the whole person. See how you translated the same use of heart in [6:18](../06/18.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה

news good

Solomon assumes that his readers will understand that he is referring to someone hearing good news. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “hearing good news”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

תְּדַשֶּׁן־עָֽצֶם

refreshes bones

Here Solomon refers to good news making people feel healthy as if it fattens their bones. The word bone here refers to a person’s whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes people to feel healthy”