OET interlinear PRO 8:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִ֥⁠י וְ⁠אַל־כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝⁠דַ֗עַת מֵ⁠חָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר

take instruction_of,my and,instead_of silver and,knowledge rather_than,gold choice

The author is leaving out a word in the second clause that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply this word from the first clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Take my instruction and not silver, and take knowledge rather than choice gold”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִ֥⁠י וְ⁠אַל־כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝⁠דַ֗עַת מֵ⁠חָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר

take instruction_of,my and,instead_of silver and,knowledge rather_than,gold choice

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second clause emphasizes the meaning of the first clause by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Take my instruction and not silver, yes, take knowledge rather than choice gold”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

קְחֽוּ

take

Here, Wisdom speaks of acquiring instruction and knowledge as if they were objects that a person can Take. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Acquire”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מוּסָרִ֥⁠י & וְ֝⁠דַ֗עַת

instruction_of,my & and,knowledge

See how you translated the abstract nouns instruction in [1:2](../01/02.md) and knowledge in [1:4](../01/04.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אַל־כָּ֑סֶף

and,instead_of silver

Here, and not means the same as rather than in the next clause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “rather than silver”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵ⁠חָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר

rather_than,gold choice

Here, choice gold refers to gold that is the best quality. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “rather than the best gold”