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OET (OET-LV) Here please the_city the_this [is]_near to_flee there_to and_she [is]_a_small_place let_me_escape please there_to not a_small_place [is]_it and_saved life_my.
OET (OET-RV) Listen, there’s a small town nearby that I could flee to. Let me escape there. It’s only small. Then my life would be saved.”
הִנֵּה נָ֠א
see/lo/see! now
Consider again how you translated Behold, please in verses 2, 8, 19-20. It may be necessary to translate it in slightly different ways, depending on the context.
הָעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֧את & שָׁ֖מָּה
the=city the,this & there,to
The Hebrew word for town here (and in verses 21-23) can refer to either a city or a town, depending on the context. Many translations have “town,” or even “village,” here because the place was very small (verses 20, 22). Many other translations have “city” here instead, but that does not fit the context. Alternate translation: “That town over there”
קְרֹבָ֛ה לָנ֥וּס
near to,flee
Alternate translation: “is close enough to run to in time,”
וְהִ֣יא מִצְעָ֑ר
and=she small
Alternate translation: “and it is only a small town.” or “and it is little”
אִמָּלְטָ֨ה נָּ֜א שָׁ֗מָּה
escape please there,to
Alternate translation: “Please let us flee there, and do not destroy it.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲלֹ֥א מִצְעָ֛ר הִ֖וא
?,not small who/which
This rhetorical question implies that it will not matter if such a small town like Zoar is not destroyed. Consider whether or not a rhetorical question works well here in your language. Alternate translation: “After all, it is only a small place”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וּתְחִ֥י נַפְשִֽׁי
and,saved life,my
Lot says “my life,” but he is probably also including his family who is with him. Alternate translation: “Then I can stay alive.” or “If you let us go there, then my family and I will live.” or “If you allow that, our lives will be spared.”
19:1-38 The Canaanites were an evil, corrupting people. God judged their morally bankrupt civilization and warned others against becoming like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom; it was more difficult to get Sodom out of Lot and his family. This chapter helped later Israelites to understand the moral and spiritual threat of the peoples living in and around the Promised Land, such as the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Num 22–25; Deut 23:3-6; Josh 24:9; Judg 10:7-9; 11:4-5; 1 Sam 10:27; 1 Kgs 11:1-3; 2 Kgs 24:2).
OET (OET-LV) Here please the_city the_this [is]_near to_flee there_to and_she [is]_a_small_place let_me_escape please there_to not a_small_place [is]_it and_saved life_my.
OET (OET-RV) Listen, there’s a small town nearby that I could flee to. Let me escape there. It’s only small. Then my life would be saved.”
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.