OET interlinear PRO 31:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

הַ֭⁠חֵן & הַ⁠יֹּ֑פִי

the,charm & the,beauty

Here, The charm and the beauty refer to these qualities in general, not any specific charm or beauty. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any charm … any beauty”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שֶׁ֣קֶר הַ֭⁠חֵן וְ⁠הֶ֣בֶל הַ⁠יֹּ֑פִי

deceitful the,charm and=Abel the,beauty

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of charm, falsehood, and beauty, you could express the same ideas in other ways. See how you translated falsehood in [6:17](../06/17.md) and beauty in [6:25](../06/25.md). Alternate translation: “What is charming is false and what is beautiful is vapor”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שֶׁ֣קֶר הַ֭⁠חֵן וְ⁠הֶ֣בֶל הַ⁠יֹּ֑פִי

deceitful the,charm and=Abel the,beauty

The parallelism between this half of the verse and the second half indicates that charm and beauty refer to the physical attractiveness of women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “A woman’s charm can be deceptive and a woman’s beauty is vapor”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הֶ֣בֶל הַ⁠יֹּ֑פִי

and=Abel the,beauty

Here, Lemuel’s mother speaks of the disappearance of beauty as if it were a vapor that quickly goes away. See how you translated the same use of vapor in [21:6](../21/06.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִשָּׁ֥ה יִרְאַת־יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תִתְהַלָּֽל

woman/wife fears_of YHWH she/it praised

Here, a woman, she, and herself refer to a type of woman in general, not a specific woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any woman fearful of Yahweh, that woman herself will be praised”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

אִשָּׁ֥ה יִרְאַת־יְ֝הוָ֗ה

woman/wife fears_of YHWH

This half of the verse is a strong contrast with the previous half. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate a contrast. Alternate translation: “by contrast, a woman fearful of Yahweh”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הִ֣יא תִתְהַלָּֽל

she/it praised

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “people will praise her herself”