OET interlinear PRO 25:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

הֹקַ֣ר

seldom

In this verse, Solomon is comparing what follows to what he said in the previous verse. In the same way that a person must not eat too much “honey,” a person must also avoid visiting his neighbor’s house too frequently. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Similarly, make rare” or “So also make rare”

הֹקַ֣ר רַ֭גְלְ⁠ךָ מִ⁠בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑⁠ךָ

seldom foot_of,your in,house_of neighbor's_of,your

Alternate translation: “Prevent your foot from frequently being in the house of your neighbor”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

רֵעֶ֑⁠ךָ

neighbor's_of,your

Here, foot represents the whole person. See how you translated the similar use of foot in [1:15](../01/15.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מִ⁠בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑⁠ךָ פֶּן־יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲ⁠ךָ֗

in,house_of neighbor's_of,your lest become_weary_of,you

Here, your neighbor and he refer to neighbors in general, not a specific neighbor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “from any house of any of your neighbors, lest that neighbor become satiated with you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲ⁠ךָ֗

become_weary_of,you

Here, the word translated as satiated refers to people being annoyed with a person because that person visits them too frequently. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. If your language has a word that can be used for both this occurrence of satiated and the occurrence in the previous verse, consider using it here. Alternate translation: “he become tired of seeing you” or “he become sick of you”