PRO 21:23 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. שֹׁמֵר
2. 394600
3. one who guards
4. -
5. 8104
6. V-Vqrmsa
7. [one_who]_guards
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 275175
1. פִּי,ו
2. 394601,394602
3. mouth of his
4. -
5. 6310
6. O-Ncmsc,Sp3ms
7. mouth_of,his
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275176
1. וּ,לְשׁוֹנ,וֹ
2. 394603,394604,394605
3. and tongue of his
4. -
5. 3956
6. O-C,Ncbsc,Sp3ms
7. and,tongue_of,his
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275177
1. שֹׁמֵר
2. 394606
3. +is keeping
4. -
5. 8104
6. V-Vqrmsa
7. [is]_keeping
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275178
1. מִ,צָּרוֹת
2. 394607,394608
3. from trouble
4. -
6. S-R,Ncfpa
7. from,trouble
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275179
1. נַפְשׁ,וֹ
2. 394609,394610
3. life of his
4. -
5. 5315
6. O-Ncbsc,Sp3ms
7. life_of,his
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275180
2. 394611
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 275181

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

שֹׁמֵ֣ר פִּ֭י⁠ו וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנ֑⁠וֹ שֹׁמֵ֖ר & נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

he/it_was_watching mouth_of,his and,tongue_of,his he/it_was_watching & life_of,his

One who keeps and his refer to a type of person in general, not one specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who keeps that person’s own mouth and tongue keeps that person’s life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שֹׁמֵ֣ר

he/it_was_watching

Here Solomon refers to a person being careful about what he says with his mouth and his tongue as if they were objects that he keeps. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “One who is careful with”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

פִּ֭י⁠ו וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנ֑⁠וֹ

mouth_of,his and,tongue_of,his

The terms mouth and tongue mean similar things. They both refer to what a person says. Solomon is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “whatever he says”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

life_of,his

Here, life refers to the person himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “himself”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ⁠צָּר֣וֹת

from,trouble

See how you translated the abstract noun distress in [1:27](../01/27.md).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. one who guards
2. -
3. 7541
5. 394600
6. V-Vqrmsa
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 275175
1. mouth of his
2. -
3. 6010
5. 394601,394602
6. O-Ncmsc,Sp3ms
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275176
1. and tongue of his
2. -
3. 1922,3695
5. 394603,394604,394605
6. O-C,Ncbsc,Sp3ms
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275177
1. +is keeping
2. -
3. 7541
5. 394606
6. V-Vqrmsa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275178
1. from trouble
2. -
3. 3875,6436
5. 394607,394608
6. S-R,Ncfpa
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275179
1. life of his
2. -
3. 4879
5. 394609,394610
6. O-Ncbsc,Sp3ms
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 275180

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear PRO 21:23

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)