OET interlinear PRO 16:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לְ⁠אָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝⁠מֵ⁠יְהוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind plans_of heart and,from,LORD answer_of tongue

Here, the heart, a man’s, the answer, and the tongue refer to these things and people in general, not a specific thing or person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “The arrangements of the hearts are those people’s, but the answers of the tongues are from Yahweh”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב & מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

plans_of heart & answer_of tongue

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of arrangements and answer, you could express the same ideas in other ways. See how you translated answer in [15:1](../15/01.md). Alternate translation: “Things that the heart arranges … what the tongue answers”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב

plans_of heart

The arrangements of the heart here could mean: (1) arrangements about what to say, which is suggested by the phrase the answer of the tongue in the next clause. Alternate translation: “The arrangements of the heart regarding what to say” (2) human arrangements in general. Alternate translation: “The arrangements of the heart about something”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֑ב

heart

See how you translated the same use of heart in [2:2](../02/02.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לְ⁠אָדָ֥ם

to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe arrangements that are determined by the person who makes them. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “are determined by a man” or “are determined by those who make them”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

answer_of tongue

Here, the answer of the tongue refers to the answer that someone speaks by using the tongue. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the same use of tongue in [6:17](../06/17.md). Alternate translation: “what one says in reply” or “the spoken answer”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

answer_of tongue

Here, the answer of the tongue could refer to: (1) an answer related to the arrangements in the previous clause. Alternate translation: “the answer of the tongue about those arrangements” (2) an answer in general. Alternate translation: “any answer of the tongue”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ֝⁠מֵ⁠יְהוָ֗ה

and,from,LORD

Here, the phrase is from Yahweh indicates that Yahweh is who determines the answer of the tongue. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “is determined by Yahweh”