OET interlinear PRO 1:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְ⁠י֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝⁠נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה

hear wise and,increase learning and,discerning guidance acquire

This verse interrupts the list of purposes for the proverbs in [1:2–6](../01/02.md) to add the idea that those who are already wise might use these to add to their wisdom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could add parentheses, as in the ULT, or use a natural way in your language to indicate a parenthetical or background statement.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְ⁠י֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝⁠נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה

hear wise and,increase learning and,discerning guidance acquire

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second clause emphasizes the meaning of the first clause by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, so it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, 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: “let a wise one hear and increase insight, yes, may an understanding one acquire guidance”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם

hear wise

The author is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “let a wise one hear these proverbs”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה

guidance acquire

The author implies that this person will acquire guidance from these proverbs. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “will acquire guidance from these proverbs”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה

guidance acquire

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of guidance, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “know how to live”