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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_built Noḩa an_altar to/for_YHWH and_he/it_took from_all the_cattle/livestock the_clean and_from_all the_bird the_clean and_he/it_ascended burnt_offerings in/on/at/with_altar.
OET (OET-RV) Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird, and he offered them as burnt offerings on the altar.
Note 1 topic: translate-key-terms
וַיִּ֥בֶן נֹ֛חַ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ
and=he/it_built Noḩa altar
An altar was an elevated, often table-shaped structure made out of stones where certain animals and crops were burned as sacrifices to God. Alternate translation: “Then Noah built an altar out of large stones” or “Then Noah made a sacrifice table with large stones”
לַֽיהוָ֑ה
to/for=YHWH
Alternate translation: “dedicated to Yahweh,” or “to worship Yahweh,”
וַיִּקַּ֞ח
and=he/it_took
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Then he chose”
מִכֹּ֣ל הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה וּמִכֹּל֙ הָע֣וֹף הַטָּהֹ֔ר
from=all the=cattle/livestock the,clean and=from=all the,bird the,clean
In the Bible, a clean animal or bird is one that is acceptable to be sacrificed to God or eaten; it does not refer to how clean the animal or bird was physically. See how you translated this term in Gen 7:2, 8. Alternate translation: “some of every kind of pure animal and one of every kind of clean bird,” or “some of every kind of animal and bird that are acceptable to sacrifice”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיַּ֥עַל עֹלֹ֖ת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
and=he/it_ascended burnt_offerings in/on/at/with,altar
When animals were sacrificed, they were killed first, not burned alive. Consider whether or not you need to make that information explicit in your translation. Alternate translation: “and he killed them and offered them as burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar.” or “and he killed them and burned their bodies on the altar as gifts to Yahweh to honor him.”
8:20 This first mention of an altar in the Bible shows Noah’s gratitude for having passed through the judgment.
• sacrificed as burnt offerings: The same wording is used of the whole burnt offering in Leviticus (Lev 1:3-9); however, it can refer to any offering that is burned. Noah gave this offering to thank and worship God, who had delivered him and his family from the flood.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_built Noḩa an_altar to/for_YHWH and_he/it_took from_all the_cattle/livestock the_clean and_from_all the_bird the_clean and_he/it_ascended burnt_offerings in/on/at/with_altar.
OET (OET-RV) Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird, and he offered them as burnt offerings on the altar.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.