OET interlinear PRO 27:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׂ֭בֵעָה & וְ⁠נֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה

creature sated & and,appetite hungry

A satiated appetite and the appetite of a hungry one refers to these appetites in general, not specific appetites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any satiated appetite … but for any appetite of any hungry person”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׂ֭בֵעָה

creature sated

Here, appetite refers to the whole satiated person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “A person who is satisfied” or “A person who has eaten enough to be full”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נֶ֣פֶשׁ & וְ⁠נֶ֥פֶשׁ

creature & and,appetite

See how you translated the abstract noun appetite in [6:30](../06/30.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת & מָתֽוֹק

loathes honey & sweet

Here Solomon implies that the satiated person tramples fresh honey because he is not hungry and does not want to eat it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “shuns fresh honey because he is not hungry”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠נֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה

and,appetite hungry

Here, appetite refers to the whole hungry one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but a person who is hungry”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כָּל־מַ֥ר מָתֽוֹק

all/each/any/every bitter sweet

Here, bitter and sweet refer to how things taste. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “everything that usually tastes bitter seems to taste sweet”