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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_called god to_the_light day and_to_the_darkness he_called night and_he/it_was evening and_he/it_was morning day one.
OET (OET-RV) God named the light daytime, and the darkness he named nighttime. Then evening came, and later morning came, and that was the end of the first day.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים
and=he/it_called ʼₑlhīmv
Some languages omit the connecting word And or Then here. Consider what is the best way in your language to connect this sentence with the previous one. Alternate translation: “Then God called” or “God named”
לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם
to_the=light day
Notice that in this context the word Day refers only to the time when the sun is shining, not to the 24-hour time period that makes up a complete day. Make sure that this is clear in your translation. Throughout chapter 1, some translations use quote marks around the names that God gives the different things he created. Do what is best in your language.
וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה
and=to_the=darkness he/it_called night
In the Hebrew text, the darkness is first in this clause to emphasize the contrast between the light and the darkness. Consider what is the best way to translate this clause in your language. Alternate translation: “and the darkness he called Nighttime.” or “and he named the darkness Nighttime.”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential
וַֽיְהִי עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי בֹ֖קֶר
and=he/it_was evening and=he/it_was morning
The evening and the morning are the parts of a 24-hour day that separate the hours of daytime (light) from the hours of nighttime (darkness): Evening came at the end of each daytime after God finished his work of creating. Then after about 12 hours of nighttime, morning came, which began the next 12 hours of daytime when God did more work. Make sure your translation does not sound like morning came immediately after evening. Some languages have a one-word conjunction that means “and then” or “and later” and would fit well here. Alternate translation: “Then evening came, and then morning came,”
Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal
י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד
day one(ms)
Here day refers to a full 24-hour day. Also, the Hebrew text uses a cardinal number (one) here, but then uses ordinal numbers (“second,” “third,” and so on) for the rest of the days of the creation week. Some languages need to use an ordinal number (“first”) here too. Other languages use cardinal numbers throughout (“day one,” “day two,” and so on). Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “and that was day one.”
1:5 God called (or named): To name something is to exercise authority over it (see also 2:19-20).
• day: The Hebrew yom can refer to daylight (1:5a), to a 24-hour period (1:5b), or to an unspecified time period (2:4b, “When,” literally in the day; cp. Exod 20:8-11).
• evening . . . morning: The Hebrew day began at sundown, just as the first day began with darkness and brought the first morning light.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_called god to_the_light day and_to_the_darkness he_called night and_he/it_was evening and_he/it_was morning day one.
OET (OET-RV) God named the light daytime, and the darkness he named nighttime. Then evening came, and later morning came, and that was the end of the first day.
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.