OET interlinear PRO 27:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יְהַלֶּלְ⁠ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ⁠לֹא־פִ֑י⁠ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ⁠אַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

praise,you another and=not mouth_of,your_own stranger and,not lips_of,your_own

Solomon is leaving out some of the words in the second clause that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the first clause. Alternate translation: “Let a stranger praise you and not your mouth; let a foreigner praise you and not your lips”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יְהַלֶּלְ⁠ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ⁠לֹא־פִ֑י⁠ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ⁠אַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

praise,you another and=not mouth_of,your_own stranger and,not lips_of,your_own

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Let a stranger praise you and not your mouth; yes, let a foreigner praise you and not your lips”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

זָ֣ר & נָ֝כְרִ֗י

another & stranger

Here, a stranger and a foreigner refer to unfamiliar people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any stranger … any foreigner” or “any other person … any outsider”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

פִ֑י⁠ךָ & שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

mouth_of,your_own & lips_of,your_own

In this verse, mouth and lips refer to the whole person. See how you translated the same use of mouth in [4:5](../04/05.md) and lips in [23:16](../23/16.md).