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OET (OET-LV) And_he_repeated again to_spoke to_him/it and_said perhaps found there forty and_he/it_said not I_will_do_[it] in_account_of the_forty.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham continued to make his request, “Suppose there’s forty there?”
¶ “I won’t do it for the sake of the forty,” he agreed.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֨סֶף ע֜וֹד לְדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙
and,he_repeated again/more to,spoke to=him/it
Alternate translation: “Then he spoke again to him”
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
and,said
Alternate translation: “and asked him,”
אוּלַ֛י
suppose
Alternate translation: “Suppose that”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
יִמָּצְא֥וּן & אַרְבָּעִ֑ים
found, & forty
Consider what is the best way to translate this passive clause in your language. Alternate translation: “only 40 righteous people are found by you” or “you find only 40 righteous people” or “there are only 40 righteous people”
שָׁ֖ם
there
Alternate translation: “living there?” or “living in the city? Will you destroy it then?”
Note 4 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “And Yahweh replied,” or “He answered him”
בַּעֲב֖וּר
in=account_of
Alternate translation: “because of”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
הָאַרְבָּעִֽים
the,forty
Alternate translation: “the 40 righteous people.” or “those 40 people.”
18:16-33 God took Abraham into his confidence as his prophet (18:16-21; see 20:7); Abraham, in turn, interceded for Sodom (18:23-32; see Heb 7:23-26). God is able to do whatever he chooses to do; this passage affirms that it will be just and right.
OET (OET-LV) And_he_repeated again to_spoke to_him/it and_said perhaps found there forty and_he/it_said not I_will_do_[it] in_account_of the_forty.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham continued to make his request, “Suppose there’s forty there?”
¶ “I won’t do it for the sake of the forty,” he agreed.
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.