PRO 15:4 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. מַרְפֵּא
2. 392151
3. health of
4. -
5. 4832
6. S-Ncmsc
7. health_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273226
1. לָשׁוֹן
2. 392152
3. tongue
4. -
5. 3956
6. S-Ncbsa
7. tongue
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273227
1. עֵץ
2. 392153
3. +is a tree of
4. -
5. 6086
6. P-Ncmsc
7. [is]_a_tree_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273228
1. חַיִּים
2. 392154
3. life
4. -
6. P-Ncmpa
7. life
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273229
1. וְ,סֶלֶף
2. 392155,392156
3. and perverseness
4. -
5. 5558
6. S-C,Ncmsa
7. and,perverseness
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273230
1. בָּ,הּ
2. 392157,392158
3. in/on/at/with it
4. -
6. S-R,Sp3fs
7. in/on/at/with,it
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273231
1. שֶׁבֶר
2. 392159
3. +is brokenness
4. -
5. 7667
6. P-Ncmsa
7. [is]_brokenness
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273232
1. בְּ,רוּחַ
2. 392160,392161
3. in/on/at/with spirit
4. -
5. 7307
6. P-R,Ncbsa
7. in/on/at/with,spirit
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273233
2. 392162
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 273234

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן & וְ⁠סֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗⁠הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּ⁠רֽוּחַ

gentle_of tongue & and,perverseness in/on/at/with,it breaks in/on/at/with,spirit

A healing tongue, it, and a breaking in the spirit do not refer to specific things but represent these things in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any healing tongue … but crookedness in any such tongue is what breaks spirits”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן

gentle_of tongue

A healing tongue refers to what someone says that soothes the listener. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar use of tongue in [6:17](../06/17.md). Alternate translation: “The comforting thing someone says”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים

tree/word life(pl)

See how you translated a tree of life in [3:18](../03/18.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠סֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗⁠הּ

and,perverseness in/on/at/with,it

Here Solomon refers to deceitful speech as if it were a crooked tongue. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but the deceitful thing someone says”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּ⁠רֽוּחַ

breaks in/on/at/with,spirit

The phrase a breaking in the spirit is an idiom that refers to making a person despair. If it would be helpful, you could use an equivalent idiom from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “makes a person feel down in the dumps” or “makes a person despair”

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

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. health of
2. -
3. 4434
5. 392151
6. S-Ncmsc
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273226
1. tongue
2. -
3. 3695
5. 392152
6. S-Ncbsa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273227
1. +is a tree of
2. -
3. 5516
5. 392153
6. P-Ncmsc
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273228
1. life
2. -
3. 2375
5. 392154
6. P-Ncmpa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273229
1. and perverseness
2. -
3. 1922,5181
5. 392155,392156
6. S-C,Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273230
1. in/on/at/with it
2. -
3. 844
5. 392157,392158
6. S-R,Sp3fs
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273231
1. +is brokenness
2. -
3. 7352
5. 392159
6. P-Ncmsa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273232
1. in/on/at/with spirit
2. -
3. 844,7102
5. 392160,392161
6. P-R,Ncbsa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 273233

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 15:4

Hebrew word order

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