OET interlinear PRO 23:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּֽי־שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּ⁠בְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה

that/for/because/then/when pit deep prostitute and,well narrow adulteress

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 to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “For a prostitute is a deep pit: yes, a foreign woman is a narrow well”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּ⁠בְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה

pit deep prostitute and,well narrow adulteress

Here, a prostitute, a deep pit, a foreign woman, and a narrow well refer to these things and types of people in general, not to specific things or people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any prostitute is a deep pit, and any foreign woman is a narrow well”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה

pit deep

See how you translated this phrase in [22:14](../22/14.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נָכְרִיָּֽה

adulteress

See how you translated this phrase in [2:16](../02/16.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה

and,well narrow

Here, the writer speaks of the inescapable danger of a foreign woman as if she were a narrow well that a person could fall into and not get out of. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “and … is dangerous” or “and … is dangerous like a narrow well”