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OET (OET-LV) And_they_saw the_foremen of_the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) DOM_them in/on/at/with_trouble to_say not you_all_will_diminish of_bricks_your_all’s a_matter of_a_day in_its_day.
OET (OET-RV) When the Israeli foremen heard that the quota wasn’t going to be reduced, they realised how serious their problem was,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיִּרְא֞וּ שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֹתָ֖ם בְּרָ֣ע לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹא־תִגְרְע֥וּ מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ
and=they_saw foremen sons_of Yisrael DOM=them in/on/at/with,trouble to=say not reduce of,bricks,your_all's word/matter_of day in=its=day
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. See the UST.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns
אֹתָ֖ם
DOM=them
Here the officers are both the subject and object, because they are thinking about their own situation. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this.
וַיִּרְא֞וּ & אֹתָ֖ם בְּרָ֣ע לֵאמֹ֑ר
and=they_saw & DOM=them in/on/at/with,trouble to=say
Alternate translation: “knew that they were in trouble, because the king said” or “perceived themselves to be in danger, because the king said”
OET (OET-LV) And_they_saw the_foremen of_the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) DOM_them in/on/at/with_trouble to_say not you_all_will_diminish of_bricks_your_all’s a_matter of_a_day in_its_day.
OET (OET-RV) When the Israeli foremen heard that the quota wasn’t going to be reduced, they realised how serious their problem was,
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.