PROV 31:20 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. כַּפָּ,הּ
2. 398667,398668
3. Palm of her
4. -
5. 3709
6. O-Ncfsc,Sp3fs
7. palm_of,her
8. S
9. Y-700
10. 278284
1. פָּרְשָׂה
2. 398669
3. she spreads out
4. -
5. 6566
6. V-Vqp3fs
7. she_spreads_out
8. -
9. Y-700
10. 278285
1. לֶ,עָנִי
2. 398670,398671
3. to (the) person
4. -
5. 6041
6. S-Rd,Aamsa
7. to_(the),[person]
8. -
9. Y-700
10. 278286
1. וְ,יָדֶי,הָ
2. 398672,398673,398674
3. and hands of her
4. ≈and
5. 3027
6. O-C,Ncbdc,Sp3fs
7. and,hands_of,her
8. -
9. Y-700
10. 278287
1. שִׁלְּחָה
2. 398675
3. she stretches out
4. -
5. 7971
6. V-Vpp3fs
7. she_stretches_out
8. -
9. Y-700
10. 278288
1. לָ,אֶבְיוֹן
2. 398676,398677
3. to person
4. needy
5. 34
6. S-Rd,Aamsa
7. to,[person]
8. -
9. Y-700
10. 278289
2. 398678
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 278290

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 31:10–31: This poem describes a capable wife who has good character

In Hebrew, this section is arranged in the form of an acrostic poem. Each of its twenty-two verses begins with a different letter, following the normal order of the Hebrew alphabet. The poem praises the character and abilities of an ideal wife. After an introduction that describes her value (vv. 10–12), the poem describes her activities and achievements in various areas (vv. 13–27). It concludes with praise by her family (vv. 28–29) and all the people (vv. 30–31). The last two verses also serve as the poet’s final conclusion. They summarize what is truly important in an ideal wife.Waltke (page 515) says that the final two verses are praise “by all.” Murphy (page 245) agrees that the “praise” in the final two verses is the “goal or purpose of the poem.”

Some other headings for this section are:

A good wife with many abilities

Description of a Worthy Woman (NASB)

A truly good wife (CEV)

Paragraph 31:19–22

This paragraph describes the wife’s work to provide clothing and bed coverings for her family (31:19, 21, 22). It also describes her generous help to the poor (31:20).

31:20

This verse describes the wife’s generous help to poor people. Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

She opens her arms to the poor

and reaches out her hands to the needy.

31:20a–b

(combined/reordered)

She is generous and helps oppressed people who lack the things that they need.

She opens her arms…reaches out her hands: These parallel phrases both mean that she generously helps poor people. This help may include money, clothes, or food. The verse does not specify what she does to help them.

to the poor…to the needy: For the word poor, see the notes in 14:21b. For the word needy, see the notes in 14:31b. See how you translated these words in the second line of 31:9.

Some other ways to translate these parallel lines are:

She opens her hands to oppressed people and stretches them out to needy people. (GW)

She reaches out her hands to poor people of low status. She generously helps people who need help.

General Comment on 31:20a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts in these lines. For example:

She is generous to the poor and needy. (GNT)

31:20a

She opens her arms to the poor

She shows mercy/kindness to people who are in trouble.
She is generous to poor people who endure hardship/suffering,

31:20b

and reaches out her hands to the needy.

She reaches out her hands to give them what they need.
and she does everything she can to help people who need things.
and she helps people who need what she can give to them.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כַּ֭פָּ⁠הּ פָּרְשָׂ֣ה לֶ⁠עָנִ֑י וְ֝⁠יָדֶ֗י⁠הָ שִׁלְּחָ֥ה לָֽ⁠אֶבְיֽוֹן

palm_of,her opens to_(the),[person] and,hands_of,her extends to,[person]

The phrases spreads out her palm and stretches out her hands both refer to helping someone by using one’s hands to give something to that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “She helps the afflicted one, and she helps the poor one”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לֶ⁠עָנִ֑י & לָֽ⁠אֶבְיֽוֹן

to_(the),[person] & to,[person]

See how you translated the afflicted one in [15:15](../15/15.md) and poor one in [13:8](../13/08.md).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear PROV 31:20

Hebrew word order