OET interlinear PRO 8:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מֵ֭⁠עוֹלָם נִסַּ֥כְתִּי מֵ⁠רֹ֗אשׁ מִ⁠קַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ

from=long_ago/eternity set_up from,beginning before,beginning_of earth

If it would be helpful in your language, you could change the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “I was poured out from eternity, from the head, from the ancient times of the earth”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵ֭⁠עוֹלָם

from=long_ago/eternity

Here, eternity refers to the distant past. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “In the distant past”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִסַּ֥כְתִּי

set_up

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The context implies that Yahweh did the action. Alternate translation: “Yahweh poured me out”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִסַּ֥כְתִּי

set_up

Here, Wisdom speaks of being established as if she were a liquid that was poured out. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I was established”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מֵ⁠רֹ֗אשׁ

from,beginning

Here, head refers to the first in a series of something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “at the first”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מִ⁠קַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ

before,beginning_of earth

The phrase the ancient times of the earth refers to the time when the earth was made. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “from when God created the earth”