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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ מְּלָכ֔וֹת
sixty they(emph) queens
If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of the words in the phrase Sixty are they, queens. Alternate translation: [They are sixty queens]
Note 2 topic: writing-poetry
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ מְּלָכ֔וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים
sixty they(emph) queens and=eighty concubines
This is poetic language. The man is using the 3, 4 pattern that was commonly used at that time, and for emphasis he multiples the numbers 3 and 4 by the number 20. This gives the numbers Sixty and eighty that he uses to make his point. If your language has a way to indicate poetry, you could use it here. Alternate translation: [A large number of queens and a large number of concubines] or [Many queens and many concubines]
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת
and,maidens
See how you translated the phrase marriageable women in [1:3](../01/03.md).
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר
and,maidens not number
Here, without number is an idiom that means “more than can be counted.” 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: [and too many marriageable women to count] or [and more marriageable women than can be counted]
6:4-10 The man again describes the physical beauty of the woman. He repeats parts of the description from ch 4 almost verbatim, showing the same high regard for his wife.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.