OET interlinear PRO 8:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

בְּ⁠רֹאשׁ־מְרוֹמִ֥ים עֲלֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת נִצָּֽבָה

in/on/at/with,atop_of heights beside way house_of paths takes_~_stand

If it would be helpful in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “She stations herself at the head of the heights beside the road, the house of the paths”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠רֹאשׁ־מְרוֹמִ֥ים עֲלֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת

in/on/at/with,atop_of heights beside way house_of paths

The phrases the road and the house of the paths both refer to the same place, which is a place where there would be many people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “At the public place at the head of the heights beside the road, the house of the paths”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠רֹאשׁ־מְרוֹמִ֥ים

in/on/at/with,atop_of heights

The phrase the head of the heights refers to the top of a hill or elevated place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “At the top of hill” or “At the highest place”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת

house_of paths

This phrase refers to the place where roads intersect. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “where roads intersect” or “the crossroads”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

נִצָּֽבָה

takes_~_stand

Here, she refers to wisdom as if it were a woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “wisdom stations herself” or “wisdom stations itself as if it were a woman”