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OET (OET-LV) And whenever he_opened_up the seal the seventh, became silence in the heaven for_about an_half_hour.
OET (OET-RV) Then the lamb broke the seventh seal and there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
ἤνοιξεν
˱he˲_opened_up
The pronoun he refers to the Lamb. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “the Lamb opened”
Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal
τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην
the seal ¬the seventh
If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “seal number seven” or “the last seal”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ὡς ἡμιώριον
˱for˲_about (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὅταν ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμίωρον)
An hour was the shortest interval of time that this culture measured. So half an hour may implicitly mean just a short time. You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “for a moment”
8:1 The opening of the seventh seal concludes the first act and dramatically initiates silence, which suggests the mystery of God in his dealings with the world (10:4; 1 Kgs 19:11-12). Perhaps the mysterious silence here is analogous to God’s rest on the seventh day of creation (Gen 2:1-3; see also Heb 4:1-11).
• half an hour: This brief hush precedes the unfolding of the second act of divine judgment when God will answer the prayers of his people.
OET (OET-LV) And whenever he_opened_up the seal the seventh, became silence in the heaven for_about an_half_hour.
OET (OET-RV) Then the lamb broke the seventh seal and there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.