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OET (OET-LV) Therefore yes/correct/thus/so I_have_come_out to_meet_you to_seek_eagerly face_of_your and_I_have_found_you.
This lesson is another warning to avoid adultery. It begins with an appeal that the son pay attention to his father’s advice. This advice will protect him from being seduced by an adulteress (7:1–5). The main part of the lesson has the form of a first person narrative. The narrator tells how he observed a young man being seduced (7:6–23). First the story focuses on the young man (7:6–9), then it describes the adulteress (7:10–12) and her enticing words (7:13–20). Finally it tells how the young man yielded to the temptation (7:21–23). The lesson concludes with an appeal that the son follow his father’s advice rather than be seduced by the adulteress, because involvement with her will lead to death (7:24–27).
Some other headings for this section are:
Warning Against the Adulteress (NIV)
The story about an adulteress who tempted a young man
This paragraph tells how the woman seduced the young man. After first kissing him (7:13), she then used words in order to seduce him. She told about the favorable circumstances (7:14), used flattery (7:15), appealed to his anticipation of physical pleasure (7:16–18), and reassured him of her husband’s absence (7:19–20).
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
So I came out here to look for you(sing). I am very happy that I have found you.
That is why I came out of my house to look for you. I truly wanted to find you. And here you are!
So: This word introduces what the woman did as a result of fulfilling her vows and having meat available to eat (7:14).
I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you: This verse does not contain parallel lines.According to Fox (page 246), this verse contains two sentences in Hebrew. They are not parallel (also Toy, page 152). The woman said these words in order to flatter the young man and make him feel important. She implied that she came out of her house for a purpose. She specifically wanted to find him.
I sought you: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as I sought you is literally “to seek your face.” This expression implies that the woman looked eagerly and diligently for the young man. For example:
to seek you eagerly (RSV)
I wanted to find you (GNT)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
לְשַׁחֵ֥ר
to,seek_eagerly
The woman is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “I came out to diligently seek”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ
face_of,your
Here, face refers to being in the presence of the whole person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your presence” or “where you were”
7:1-27 This is the last of four sections in chs 1–9 that warn against the dangers of promiscuous women (see also 2:16-22; 5:1-23; 6:20-35).
OET (OET-LV) Therefore yes/correct/thus/so I_have_come_out to_meet_you to_seek_eagerly face_of_your and_I_have_found_you.
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.