OET interlinear PRO 7:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

בְּ⁠נֶֽשֶׁף־בְּ⁠עֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּ⁠אִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַ⁠אֲפֵלָֽה

in/on/at/with,twilight in/on/at/with,evening day in/on/at/with,midst_of night and,darkness

In this verse, Solomon provides this background information about the time period when the young man went to the adulterous woman’s house. Use the natural form in your language for expressing background information. You may need to start a new sentence. Alternate translation: “Now it was the time of the twilight breeze, in the evening of day, in the pupil of the night and darkness”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠נֶֽשֶׁף־בְּ⁠עֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּ⁠אִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַ⁠אֲפֵלָֽה

in/on/at/with,twilight in/on/at/with,evening day in/on/at/with,midst_of night and,darkness

The phrases twilight breeze and evening of day refer to the time when evening begins, but the pupil of the night and darkness refers to the time later in the night. Together these phrases indicate that it was getting progressively darker as the young man went to the adulterous woman’s house. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the twilight breeze, in the evening of day, and even in the pupil of the night and darkness”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠אִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה

in/on/at/with,midst_of night

Here, the middle of the night is referred to as a pupil because the pupil is both the middle and the darkest part of the eye. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in the middle of the night”