OET interlinear PRO 20:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רַ֣ע רַ֭ע יֹאמַ֣ר הַ⁠קּוֹנֶ֑ה

evil evil says the,buyer

Here, a buyer is criticizing the quality of something that he wants to buy in order to get the seller to decrease its price. Bad refers to bad quality. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “‘These goods are bad quality! Bad quality!’ says the buyer criticizing the seller’s goods”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

רַ֣ע רַ֭ע יֹאמַ֣ר הַ⁠קּוֹנֶ֑ה

evil evil says the,buyer

Solomon is repeating the same word twice for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “‘It is really bad quality!’ says the buyer”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

רַ֣ע רַ֭ע יֹאמַ֣ר הַ⁠קּוֹנֶ֑ה

evil evil says the,buyer

If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “The buyer says that it is very bad”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

הַ⁠קּוֹנֶ֑ה וְ⁠אֹזֵ֥ל ל֝֗⁠וֹ אָ֣ז יִתְהַלָּֽל

the,buyer and,goes_away to=him/it then boasts

Here, the buyer, he, his, and himself represent buyers in general, not one particular buyer. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any buyer, but when that buyer departs on his way, then that buyer praises himself”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אֹזֵ֥ל ל֝֗⁠וֹ אָ֣ז יִתְהַלָּֽל

and,goes_away to=him/it then boasts

Here Solomon implies that the buyer bought the item and boasts to his friends about the good price he paid for it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but when he departs on his way after buying that thing, he boasts about the bargain he got”