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OET (OET-LV) They_made war with Bera the_king_of Şədom and_DOM Birsha the_king_of ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) Shinab the_king_of Admah and_Shemeber the_king_of Zeboiim[fn][fn] and_king_of Belaˊ that [is]_Zoar.
OET (OET-RV) they went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also known as Tso’ar).
עָשׂ֣וּ מִלְחָמָ֗ה אֶת
they_had_acquired war DOM
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here, which depends on how you translated verse 1. Alternate translation: “those four kings became allies and made war” or “those four kings joined forces and went to war”
בֶּ֨רַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
Bera king
Alternate translation: “Bera who was the ruler over” or “King Bera who was ruling”
וְאֶת־בִּרְשַׁ֖ע מֶ֣לֶךְ
and=DOM Birsha king
Alternate translation: “Birsha who was the ruler over” or “King Birsha who was ruling”
שִׁנְאָ֣ב ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ
Shinab king
Alternate translation: “Shinab who was the ruler over” or “King Shinab who was ruling”
וְשֶׁמְאֵ֨בֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
and,Shemeber king
Alternate translation: “Shemeber who was the ruler over” or “King Shemeber who was ruling”
וּמֶ֥לֶךְ
and,king_of
Alternate translation: “and the ruler over” or “and the ruler who was ruling”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הִיא־צֹֽעַר
she/it Zoar
This town is first mentioned in Gen 13:10, but it was not actually named Zoar until later (Gen 19:22). You may want to put that information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “which is now called Zoar.” or “which was later called Zoar.” or “that is, Zoar.”
14:1-16 In this skirmish typical of ancient politics, powerful kings formed a coalition to subjugate smaller vassal states.
OET (OET-LV) They_made war with Bera the_king_of Şədom and_DOM Birsha the_king_of ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) Shinab the_king_of Admah and_Shemeber the_king_of Zeboiim[fn][fn] and_king_of Belaˊ that [is]_Zoar.
OET (OET-RV) they went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also known as Tso’ar).
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.