OET interlinear PROV 9:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְֽ⁠לֹא־יָ֭דַע

and=not knowing

Here, he refers to any naive man to whom the stupid woman calls. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “But any naive man does not know”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רְפָאִ֣ים שָׁ֑ם

dead there

Here Solomon speaks of those men who died because they went to the stupid woman’s house as if their dead spirits were there. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “that the men who have gone to her house are now dead”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

קְרֻאֶֽי⁠הָ

guests_of,her

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. Alternate translation: “the ones whom she called”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

קְרֻאֶֽי⁠הָ

guests_of,her

This phrase refers to the men who went to the stupid woman’s house to commit adultery with her in response to her calling them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the men whom she called and they accepted her call” or “the men who went to her house after she called them”