OET interlinear PRO 26:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣⁠הּ יִפֹּ֑ל

digs pit in/on/at/with,it fall

Here Solomon uses One who digs a pit to refer to anyone who tries to harm another person, and he uses fall into it to refer to that person being harmed as a result. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “One who tries to harm someone will be harmed instead” or “One who tries to harm someone is like one who digs a pit and falls into it”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣⁠הּ יִפֹּ֑ל

digs pit in/on/at/with,it fall

Here Solomon implies that the person digs a pit in order to trap someone in it, but then ends up falling into that pit himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “One who digs a pit to trap someone will fall into that pit”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת & וְ⁠גֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן אֵלָ֥י⁠ו

digs pit & and,rolls stone to=him/it

One who digs a pit, one who rolls a stone, and him refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who digs a pit … and any person who rolls a stone … to that person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠גֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן אֵלָ֥י⁠ו תָּשֽׁוּב

and,rolls stone to=him/it you(ms)_will_return

Here Solomon uses one who rolls a stone to refer to anyone who tries to harm another person. Solomon uses come back to him to refer to that person being harmed as a result. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning carefully or use a simile. Alternate translation: “and one who tries to harm someone will be harmed instead” or “One who tries to harm someone is like one who rolls a stone, and the stone comes back to him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠גֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן

and,rolls stone

Here Solomon implies that the person pushed a large stone up a hill so that it would roll down and crush someone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and one who rolls a stone up a hill so that it will roll down and crush someone”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵלָ֥י⁠ו תָּשֽׁוּב

to=him/it you(ms)_will_return

Here Solomon implies that the person himself will be crushed by the stone that he rolled up a hill to crush someone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “it will roll down and crush him”