OET interlinear PSA 127:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנֵּ֤ה

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! heritage_of YHWH sons reward fruit(sg) of,the_womb )

Solomon is using the word Behold to focus the readers’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Look]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

נַחֲלַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה בָּנִ֑ים שָׂ֝כָ֗ר פְּרִ֣י הַ⁠בָּֽטֶן

heritage_of YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! heritage_of YHWH sons reward fruit(sg) of,the_womb )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. See how you as a team have decided to translate the parallel phrases in the Psalms, and follow that approach here and throughout this psalm. Alternate translation: [what Yahweh gives as an inheritance is sons, indeed, the fruit of the womb is his reward]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נַחֲלַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה

heritage_of YHWH

If your language does not use abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what Yahweh gives as a gift]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שָׂ֝כָ֗ר

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! heritage_of YHWH sons reward fruit(sg) of,the_womb )

If your language does not use abstract noun for the idea of reward, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what he gives to reward you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

פְּרִ֣י הַ⁠בָּֽטֶן

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! heritage_of YHWH sons reward fruit(sg) of,the_womb )

Solomon is using fruit of the womb as a common expression of his culture to mean “children” or “offspring.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [is having children]