OET interlinear PRO 4:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נְצֹ֣ר לִבֶּ֑⁠ךָ

keep heart_of,your

Here Solomon refers to the heart as the container of a person's thoughts and desires, and speaks of it as though it were an object that could be guarded. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Guard your mind” or “Guard your liver” or “Guard your thinking”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִבֶּ֑⁠ךָ

heart_of,your

See how you translated the same use of heart in [2:2](../02/02.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מִֽ⁠כָּל־מִ֭שְׁמָר

from=all vigilance

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: “more than all that you protect”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִֽ⁠כָּל־מִ֭שְׁמָר

from=all vigilance

This phrase is an idiom that means “with all diligence.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “with utmost diligence”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

מִ֝מֶּ֗⁠נּוּ

from=him/it

Here, it refers to the heart, which refers to a person’s mind. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “from your heart” or “from your mind”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ֝מֶּ֗⁠נּוּ תּוֹצְא֥וֹת חַיִּֽים

from=him/it springs_of life(pl)

Here Solomon speaks of the influence that a person’s heart has over what happens in that person’s life as if the heart supplied sources that produce life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from your heart comes what will direct your life” or “your thinking determines what your life will be like”