OET interlinear PRO 4:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּ֭נִ⁠י

son_of,my

See how you translated the same use of this phrase in [1:8](../01/08.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לִ⁠דְבָרַ֣⁠י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָ⁠ה לַ֝⁠אֲמָרַ֗⁠י הַט־אָזְנֶֽ⁠ךָ

to,words_of,my attentive, to,sayings_of,my incline ear_of,your

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second clause 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 clauses with a word that shows that the second clause is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “listen attentively to my words, yes, incline your ear to my sayings”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠דְבָרַ֣⁠י

to,words_of,my

See how you translated my words in [1:23](../01/23.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הַט־אָזְנֶֽ⁠ךָ

incline ear_of,your

The phrase incline your ear is an idiom that refers to listening carefully to what someone is saying as if the listener was turning his ear toward the person speaking. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “listen well”