OET interlinear PRO 4:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְ⁠אָבִ֑⁠י

that/for/because/then/when son was with,father_of,my

When here indicates that what follows refers to the time when Solomon was a child and still lived under his father’s care. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “When I was still a boy learning from my father”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

רַ֥ךְ וְ֝⁠יָחִ֗יד

tender and,favorite

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word tender tells what the only one was like. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use and. Alternate translation: “the tender only one”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֝⁠יָחִ֗יד

and,favorite

Here, only one could mean: (1) he was his mother’s only child. Alternate translation: “and only child” (2) he was a unique child of his mother. Alternate translation: “and unique one”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽ⁠י

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before mother_of,my

Here Solomon speaks of his mother considering him to be the tender and only one as if he were before her face. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “according to my mother” or “in my mother’s estimation”