OET interlinear PRO 20:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מְזָרֶ֣ה & מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַ⁠יָּ֖שֶׁב

winnows & king wise and,drives

A wise king, one who scatters, and he refer to a type of kings in general, not a specific king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any wise king is one who scatters … and that king brings back”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְזָרֶ֣ה

winnows

See how you translated the same use of winnows in [20:8](../20/08.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יָּ֖שֶׁב עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֣ם אוֹפָֽן

and,drives over,them threshing_wheel

Here Solomon speaks of a king punishing wicked ones as if he were crushing them under a wheel normally used to crush grain. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “and he severely punishes them” or “and he severely punishes them as one would crush grain under a wheel”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

אוֹפָֽן

threshing_wheel

Here, wheel refers to a “threshing wheel.” This is a tool that farmers used to crush grain and help separate it from the straw and chaff. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of wheel, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “a grain-crushing tool”