OET interlinear PRO 22:24

uW Translation Notes:

[22:24](../22/24.md)–[25](../22/25.md) is Saying 2 of the 30 “words of the wise ones.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אַל־תִּ֭תְרַע אֶת־בַּ֣עַל אָ֑ף וְ⁠אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ חֵ֝מוֹת לֹ֣א תָבֽוֹא

not make_friends DOM man_of anger and=DOM (a)_man hot-tempered not associate

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. 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: “Do not befriend an owner of nose, yes, do not go with a man of heat”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אֶת־בַּ֣עַל אָ֑ף & אִ֥ישׁ חֵ֝מוֹת

DOM man_of anger & (a)_man hot-tempered

Here, an owner of nose and a man of heat refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any owner of nose … any person of heat”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶת־בַּ֣עַל אָ֑ף

DOM man_of anger

The phrase is an idiom that refers to a person who is characteristically angry. The word nose means “anger” by association with the way that a person who is angry breathes heavily through his nose. Your language and culture may also associate anger with a particular part of the body. If so, you could use an expression involving that part of the body in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “an angry person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אִ֥ישׁ חֵ֝מוֹת

(a)_man hot-tempered

See how you translated this phrase in [15:18](../15/18.md).