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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_called god to_the_dry_ground earth and_to_the_collection the_waters he_called seas and_he/it_saw god if/because_that [it_was]_good.
OET (OET-RV) and he named the ground that appeared land, and he named the gathered waters seas, and he saw that what he had done was good.
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים
and=he/it_called ʼElohīm
Alternate translation: “Then he named”
לַיַּבָּשָׁה֙
to_the=dry_ground
Alternate translation: “the dry land” or “the land that had dried off”
אֶ֔רֶץ
earth/land
This is the same Hebrew word that is translated as “earth” in verse 1, but here it refers to the dry land or ground (in contrast to the water), and not to the entire planet. Alternate translation: “Ground,”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה הַמַּ֖יִם קָרָ֣א
and=to_the=collection the=waters he/it_called
See how you translated a sentence in verse 5 that is similar in structure to this sentence. Alternate translation: “and the waters that he had gathered together he named” or “and he called the gathered waters” or “and he called the waters that had come together”
יַמִּ֑ים
seas
At that time there was probably just one very large body of water and one very large land mass on the earth (as verse 9 indicates). So a singular noun that refers to the largest body of water, such as “Ocean” or “Sea”, could be used here in your translation. Alternate translation: “Oceans.”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים
and=he/it_saw ʼElohīm
Decide whether it is more natural in your language to use a noun (God) or a pronoun (he) in this context. See how you translated this phrase in verse 4. Alternate translation: “And he saw” or “He saw”
כִּי טֽוֹב
that/for/because/then/when good
Some languages cannot use a pronoun (it) here, but have to specify what was good. Do what is best in your language. Also see how you translated the word good in verse 4, and see the note about that there. Alternate translation: “that what he had made was good” or “that the land and the seas were good”
1:3-13 In the first three days, God formed the chaos into a habitable world.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_called god to_the_dry_ground earth and_to_the_collection the_waters he_called seas and_he/it_saw god if/because_that [it_was]_good.
OET (OET-RV) and he named the ground that appeared land, and he named the gathered waters seas, and he saw that what he had done was good.
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.