OET interlinear PRO 18:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דִּבְרֵ֣י

words_of

See how you translated the same use of words in [1:23](../01/23.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים

like,delicious_morsels

Solomon is saying that the words of a murmurer are like things swallowed greedily because people are eager to hear gossip. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “are listened to eagerly”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

וְ֝⁠הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ

and,they go_down

Solomon used the word themselves to emphasize how significant it was that what murmurers said was listened to by others. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “and those very words go down into”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן

and,they go_down inner_parts_of body

Here Solomon speaks of the words of a murmurer staying in a person’s mind and affecting that person’s thoughts as if they were food that goes down into a person’s stomach. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they enter a person’s mind and affect his thoughts”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן

inner_parts_of body

Here, the rooms of the belly refers to the innermost part of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the innermost part of a person”