OET interlinear PRO 20:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָ⁠אָ֑בֶן וּ⁠מֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא־טֽוֹב

abomination_of YHWH stone and,weight and,scales_of false not good

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and 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: “Stone and stone are an abomination to Yahweh; no, scales of deceit are not good”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶ֣בֶן וָ⁠אָ֑בֶן

stone and,weight

See how you translated this phrase in [20:10](../20/10.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה

abomination_of YHWH

See how you translated this phrase in [20:10](../20/10.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וּ⁠מֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה

and,scales_of false

See how you translated scales of deceit in [11:1](../11/01.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

לֹא־טֽוֹב

not good

See how you translated the same use of not good in [16:29](../16/29.md).