OET interlinear PRO 1:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

נִ֭בְלָעֵ⁠ם

swallow,them

By us, the sinners are referring to themselves but not other people, so use the exclusive form of that word in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִ֭בְלָעֵ⁠ם

swallow,them

The sinners speak of murdering people as if they were swallowing them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Let us destroy them”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּ⁠שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝⁠תְמִימִ֗ים כְּ⁠י֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר

like,sheol life(pl) and,whole like,go_down_of pit

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “the living ones, like Sheol, yes, the whole ones, like those going down to a pit”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כִּ⁠שְׁא֣וֹל

like,sheol

The sinners are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “like Sheol swallows people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

כִּ⁠שְׁא֣וֹל

like,sheol

Here, Sheol is spoken of as if it were a living thing that could swallow someone. The idea of Sheol swallowing someone refers to how people are completely gone after they die and are buried. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “like Sheol completely covers people”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ֝⁠תְמִימִ֗ים

and,whole

The sinners are leaving out some of the words that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the beginning of the verse. Alternate translation: “and let us swallow the whole ones”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ֝⁠תְמִימִ֗ים

and,whole

Here, whole refers to being completely healthy. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and the healthy ones”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כְּ⁠י֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר

like,go_down_of pit

The sinners are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “like those going down to a pit are swallowed”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠י֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר

like,go_down_of pit

The Israelites referred to dying as going down to Sheol or a pit. Here the sinners are saying that their victims are like those going down to a pit because those people will die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “like those who die”