OET interlinear PRO 27:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שֶׁ֣מֶן וּ֭⁠קְטֹרֶת

perfume and,incense

Oil and incense here refers to pleasant-smelling substances that are put on a person’s skin. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Pleasant-smelling oils and perfumes”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב

make_~_glad heart

Here Solomon speaks of a person feeling glad as if that person’s heart were a person who could be gladdened. If it would be helpful in you language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “make a person happy”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וּ⁠מֶ֥תֶק

and,pleasantness_of

Here, and indicates that Solomon is comparing what follows to what he said in the previous clause. In the same way that Oil and incense gladden the heart, the sweetness of his friend is from the counsel of the soul. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “and similarly, the sweetness of”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מֶ֥תֶק

and,pleasantness_of

Here Solomon speaks of the kindness of a friend as if it were sweetness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and the kindness of”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

רֵ֝עֵ֗⁠הוּ

his/its=neighbour

Although his is masculine, here it refers to a person in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “any person’s friend”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵֽ⁠עֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ

from,counsel_of soul

The phrase counsel of the soul refers to sincere advice. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is from sincere counsel”