PROV 5:1 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. בְּנִ,י
2. 388566,388567
3. My son of my
4. -
6. S-Ncmsc,Sp1cs
7. my_son_of,my
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 270494
1. לְ,חָכְמָתִ,י
2. 388568,388569,388570
3. to wisdom of my
4. -
5. 2451
6. S-R,Ncfsc,Sp1cs
7. to,wisdom_of,my
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270495
1. הַקְשִׁיבָ,ה
2. 388571,388572
3. be attentive
4. attention
5. 7181
6. V-Vhv2ms,Sh
7. be,attentive
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270496
1. לִ,תְבוּנָתִ,י
2. 388573,388574,388575
3. to understanding of my
4. -
5. 8394
6. S-R,Ncfsc,Sp1cs
7. to,understanding_of,my
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270497
1. הַט
2. 388576
3. incline
4. -
5. 5186
6. V-Vhv2ms
7. incline
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270498
2. 388577
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 270499
1. אָזְנֶֽ,ךָ
2. 388578,388579
3. ear of your
4. -
5. 241
6. O-Ncfsc,Sp2ms
7. ear_of,your
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 270500
2. 388580
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 270501

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:1–23: Eighth lesson: Avoid the temptation to commit adultery

A summary of this lesson is: Stay away from a woman who commits adultery, or you will bitterly regret it (5:1–14). Instead, be delighted with your own wife (5:15–20), because the LORD sees everything you do and will punish wickedness (5:21–23).

Some other headings for this section are:

Advice to stay away from a woman who commits adultery

Warning About Adultery (NCV)

Avoid Adultery (GW)

Be Faithful to Your Wife (CEV)

Paragraph 5:1–6

In this paragraph, the father urges the son to pay attention to his wise words (5:1) so that he will always be cautious and sensible in what he does and says (5:2). The reason for this caution is that it will enable him to resist the tempting invitation of the adulteress whose path leads straight to death (5:3–6).

5:1

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^1aMy son, pay attention to my wisdom;

^1b incline your ear to my insight,

5:1a–b

(combined/reordered)

¶ My child, listen carefully to the wise words of practical advice that I speak to you^(sing).
¶ My child, my advice comes from my wisdom and good sense. Pay close attention to what I tell you.

My son: See the note at 1:8a.

pay attention…incline your ear: These two parallel commands are identical to the commands used in 4:20.

my wisdom…my insight: The phrases my wisdom and my insight are parallel. Together, both phrases refer to the father’s words, which express or contain his wisdom and good sense. Another way to translate these phrases is:

my wise words…my insightful words

my words that contain my wisdom…my advice that makes known my good sense

Other ways to translate these two commands are:

^1aMy son, I am wise, so listen carefully to my advice.

^1bI have good sense, so pay attention to what I teach you.

wisdom: The word wisdom indicates a person’s skill/ability to make good decisions, to act properly, and to do what is right in any situation. See wisdom in the Glossary.

insight: In this context, the Hebrew word tǝbunah, which the BSB translates as insight, refers to “competence” or “good sense” to handle the situations that a person faces in life. Both the BSB and the NRSV usually translate this word as “understanding.” It is not the same word that the NRSV usually translates as “insight.” See the note on 2:2b. See understanding (good sense) in the Glossary.

General Comment on 5:1a–b

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

My child, pay attention and listen to my words of wisdom and good sense.

5:1a

My son, pay attention to my wisdom;

¶ My son, I am wise, so listen carefully to what I teach you^(sing).

5:1b

incline your ear to my insight,

I have a lot of good sense, so keep your^(sing) ears tuned to my advice.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לְ⁠חָכְמָתִ֣⁠י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָ⁠ה לִ֝⁠תְבוּנָתִ֗⁠י הַט־אָזְנֶֽ⁠ךָ

to,wisdom_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: my_son_of,my to,wisdom_of,my be,attentive to,understanding_of,my incline ear_of,your )

These two phrases mean similar things. Solomon is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine the phrases and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [listen attentively to my wisdom; apply yourself to learn what I understand]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ⁠חָכְמָתִ֣⁠י & לִ֝⁠תְבוּנָתִ֗⁠י

to,wisdom_of,my & to,understanding_of,my

See how you translated the abstract nouns wisdom and understanding in [1:2](../01/02.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠חָכְמָתִ֣⁠י & לִ֝⁠תְבוּנָתִ֗⁠י

to,wisdom_of,my & to,understanding_of,my

Here, my wisdom and my understanding refer to the wise lessons that Solomon teaches his son and what he tells his son to understand. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [to my wise lessons … to what I tell you to understand]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הַט־אָזְנֶֽ⁠ךָ

incline ear_of,your

See how you translated this idiom in [4:20](../04/20.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 5:1

Hebrew word order