OET interlinear PRO 16:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת & וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף

(a)_man perverse & (Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man perverse spreads strife and, separates close_friends )

A man of perverse things, a murmurer, one who separates, and a close friend here refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any man of perverse things … and any murmurer is a person who separates close friends”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת

(a)_man perverse

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a man who is characterized by saying perverse things. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “A perverse man” or “A man who says perverse things”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן

spreads strife

Here Solomon refers to A man of perverse things causing strife between other people as if strife were an animal that he lets loose. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes strife”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מָד֑וֹן

strife

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of strife, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “arguments” or “confrontations”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן

(Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man perverse spreads strife and, separates close_friends )

Here Solomon calls a person who gossips or tells harmful rumors about people a murmurer because that person speaks quietly when he gossips. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and a gossiper” or “and one who whispers gossip”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַפְרִ֥יד

separates

Here Solomon refers to causing friends to no longer be friends as if someone separates them from each other. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is one who destroys a person’s friendship with”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף

separates close_friends

Solomon assumes that his readers will understand that this phrase refers to separating a close friend from that person’s friend. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “is one who separates a close friend from his friend” or “is one who separates close friends”