OET interlinear PRO 25:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּ⁠מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף דָּ֝בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽי⁠ו

apples_of gold in/on/at/with,settings_of silver word spoken on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in fitly_of,its

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “A word spoken according to its circumstance is apples of gold in sculptures of silver”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּ⁠מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף

apples_of gold in/on/at/with,settings_of silver

In this verse, Solomon speaks of a word spoken according to its circumstance pleasing those who hear it as if it were Apples of gold in sculptures of silver. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Very pleasing” or “Like apples of gold in sculptures of silver”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּ⁠מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף

apples_of gold in/on/at/with,settings_of silver

Here Solomon is using possessive forms to describe Apples made from gold and sculptures made from silver. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use different expressions. Alternate translation: “Apples made of gold in sculptures made of silver”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף

in/on/at/with,settings_of silver

Here, the word translated as sculptures refers to silver that someone carved into a beautiful shape. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “in beautiful carvings of silver”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דָּ֝בָ֗ר

word

Here, word refers to what someone speaks by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is something” or “are words”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

דָּבֻ֥ר

spoken

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “someone speaks”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עַל־אָפְנָֽי⁠ו

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in fitly_of,its

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of circumstance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “appropriately”