OET interlinear PRO 19:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ח֣וֹנֵֽן דָּ֑ל וּ֝⁠גְמֻל֗⁠וֹ יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽ⁠וֹ

kind poor and,benefits_of,his repay to=him/it

One who is gracious, a lowly one, him, and his here refer to types of people in general, not to specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who is gracious to any lowly person … and that gracious person’s dealing he will repay to that person”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דָּ֑ל

poor

See how you translated the same use of lowly in [10:15](../10/15.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַלְוֵ֣ה יְ֭הוָה

lends_of YHWH

Here Solomon speaks of someone doing something for which Yahweh will reward that person as if that person lends money to Yahweh that he will repay. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “does something that Yahweh will reward” or “is like one who lends to Yahweh”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ֝⁠גְמֻל֗⁠וֹ

and,benefits_of,his

Here, dealing refers to what the person did to be gracious to a lowly one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and his gracious deed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽ⁠וֹ

repay to=him/it

Here Solomon speaks of Yahweh rewarding someone for being gracious to a lowly one as if Yahweh were repaying a debt to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will reward him for”