OET interlinear PRO 17:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה & מִ֝⁠בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א

morsel dry & than,house full_of

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. See how you translated the same use of these phrases in [15:16–17](../15/16.md). Alternate translation: “is having a dry morsel … than having a house full of”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠שַׁלְוָה

and,quiet

Here, ease refers to a situation in which someone feels peaceful because there is no quarreling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and a peaceful situation”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שַׁלְוָה־בָ֑⁠הּ

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

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ֝⁠בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א

than,house full_of

Here Solomon refers to a house in which people frequently eat meat from sacrifices as if the house were full of sacrifices. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “than a house in which people frequently have”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

זִבְחֵי

feasting_of

Here, sacrifices refers to feasts in which Israelites would eat the meat from the sacrifices they had offered to Yahweh at the temple in Jerusalem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “feasts of”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זִבְחֵי־רִֽיב

feasting_of strife

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe feasts that are characterized by quarreling. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “feasts characterized by quarreling”