OET interlinear PRO 26:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּ⁠יַד־כְּסִֽיל

cutting_off feet violence/cruelty drinks sends message in/on/at/with,hand_of fool

If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “One who sends words by the hand of a stupid one is one who cuts off feet, one who drinks violence”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּ⁠יַד־כְּסִֽיל

cutting_off feet violence/cruelty drinks sends message in/on/at/with,hand_of fool

One who cuts off, one who drinks, one who sends, the hand, and a stupid one refer to types of people and hands in general, not specific people or a specific hand. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. See how you translated a stupid one in [10:18](../10/18.md). Alternate translation: “Any person who cuts off feet, any person who drinks violence, is any person who sends words by any hand of any stupid person”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה

cutting_off feet violence/cruelty drinks

Here Solomon implies that a person cuts off his own feet and drinks violence against himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “One who cuts off his own feet, one who drinks violence against himself”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה

cutting_off feet violence/cruelty drinks

Here Solomon refers to someone who does something that harms himself as if that person cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “One who harms himself” or “Like one who cuts off feet or drinks violence”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה

cutting_off feet violence/cruelty drinks

The phrases One who cuts off feet and one who drinks violence mean similar things. Solomon is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “One who does great harm to himself”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָמָ֣ס

violence/cruelty

See how you translated the abstract noun violence in [3:31](../03/31.md).

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים

sends message

Here Solomon refers to a message that is communicated by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is one who sends a message”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בְּ⁠יַד־כְּסִֽיל

in/on/at/with,hand_of fool

Here, hand refers to the whole person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “by a stupid one”