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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_took to_him/it DOM all these and_cut DOM_them in/on/at/with_half and_he/it_gave each half_him to_opposite his/its_neighbour and_DOM the_birds[fn] not he_cut_in_two.
15:10 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) So Abram brought all those to Yahweh, and then he cut the animals (but not the birds) in half down the middle and laid the halves opposite to each other.
וַיִּֽקַּֽח
and=he/it_took
It was nighttime in verse 5 when Abram looked at the stars. Now in verses 10-11 it was probably daytime, which is when birds of prey fly (verse 11). Then in verse 12 it became night again. Consider what is the best way to begin this verse in your translation. Alternate translation: “So the next day Abram took”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ל֣וֹ אֶת כָּל אֵ֗לֶּה
to=him/it DOM all/each/any/every these
Some languages need to make explicit that Abram killed the animals first, before cutting them in half. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “all those animals to him and killed them.”
בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ
in/on/at/with,half
Abram probably cut the animals down the middle lengthwise, which means that each half had one front leg, and one back leg. Alternate translation: “into two parts lengthwise”
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ
and=he/it_gave (a)_man half,him to,opposite his/its=neighbour
Alternate translation: “and placed each half a short distance across from its other half in two rows,” or “and laid the right half of each animal across from its left half in two rows,”
וְאֶת הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר
and=DOM the,birds not cut
See how you translated “cut … in two” earlier in verse 10. Alternate translation: “but he did not divide the bodies of the birds in two” or “except for the birds, which he did not cut in two”
15:10 Obeying God’s instructions, Abram gathered three herd animals for the ceremony and cut them in half. Cutting the animals symbolized the oath, indicating that the covenant maker staked his own life on his word (Jer 34:18).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_took to_him/it DOM all these and_cut DOM_them in/on/at/with_half and_he/it_gave each half_him to_opposite his/its_neighbour and_DOM the_birds[fn] not he_cut_in_two.
15:10 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) So Abram brought all those to Yahweh, and then he cut the animals (but not the birds) in half down the middle and laid the halves opposite to each other.
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.