OET interlinear PRO 17:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עֶֽבֶד & בְּ⁠בֵ֣ן & יַחֲלֹ֥ק

servant & in/on/at/with,son & share

A servant, a son, and he refer to types of people in general, not to a specific servant or son. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any servant … any son … that person will share”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל

deals_wisely

See how you translated the abstract nouns insight in [1:3](../01/03.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠בֵ֣ן & אַ֝חִ֗ים

in/on/at/with,son & brothers

Here Solomon implies that a son and brothers refer to the children of the master who owns the servant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “his master’s son … the brothers of his master’s son”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בְ⁠ת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים

and,in/on/at/with,midst_of brothers

Here Solomon refers to the servant having equal status with these brothers as if he were in the midst of them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and as an equal of the son’s brothers”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נַחֲלָֽה

inheritance

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what people inherit”