OET interlinear PRO 23:19

uW Translation Notes:

[23:19](../23/19.md)–[21](../23/21.md) is Saying 15 of the 30 “words of the wise ones.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְנִ֣⁠י

son_of,my

See how you translated the same use of son in [1:8](../01/08.md).

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וַ⁠חֲכָ֑ם

and,wise

Here, and indicates that what follows is the purpose for doing what the writer commands his son to do in this verse. Use a connector in your language that indicates a purpose. See how you translated this phrase in [6:6](../06/06.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אַשֵּׁ֖ר בַּ⁠דֶּ֣רֶךְ לִבֶּֽ⁠ךָ

and,direct in/on/at/with,way heart_of,your

Here the writer refers to a person deciding to think about the right way to behave as if that person were leading his heart to go on a certain path. The word heart here refers to a person’s mind, as in [2:2](../02/02.md), and way refers to right human behavior. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and decide to think about right behavior”