OET interlinear PROV 23:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לַֽ⁠מְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־הַ⁠יָּ֑יִן

to,who]_delay on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,wine

This verse answers the rhetorical questions in the previous verse. If you did not use questions in the previous verse, then you may need to adjust this sentence. Alternate translation: “The kind of people who do these things are those who linger over wine”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לַֽ⁠מְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־הַ⁠יָּ֑יִן

to,who]_delay on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,wine

Here the writer refers to people who spend a lot of time drinking a lot of wine as if they were lingering over wine. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “For those who spend many hours drinking wine” or “For those who drink more and more wine”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לַ֝⁠בָּאִ֗ים לַ⁠חְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ

to,who]_go to,examine mixed_wine

Here, the writer implies that these people search out mixed wine in order to drink it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “for those coming to search out and drink mixed wine”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מִמְסָֽךְ

mixed_wine

In ancient Israel, people often prepared wine for drinking by mixing it with water. See how you translated “mixed her wine” in [9:2](../09/02.md) and the similar expression in [9:5](../09/05.md).