OET interlinear PRO 17:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אֹ֣הֵֽב & מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗⁠וֹ

loves & builds_~_high threshold_of,his

One who loves, one who makes his doorway high, and his refer to types of people and things in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who loves … any person who makes that person’s opening high”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

פֶּ֭שַׁע & מַצָּ֑ה

transgression & strife

See how you translated the abstract nouns transgression in [10:19](../10/19.md) and contention in [13:10](../13/10.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗⁠וֹ

builds_~_high threshold_of,his

This phrase could refer to: (1) someone who speaks proudly, as if his mouth were an opening located at a high place above others. Alternate translation: “one who speaks proudly” (2) someone who makes a fancy doorway for his house, as if he put the doorway at a high place. Alternate translation: “one who makes his doorway fancy”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְבַקֶּשׁ־שָֽׁבֶר

invites destruction

Here Solomon speaks of a person doing something that will cause that person to be destroyed as if that person seeks for someone to break his bones. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes himself to be destroyed” or “causes his own ruin”