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OET (OET-LV) And_ˊEfrōn [was]_sitting in_the_middle the_people_of Heth and_ ˊEfrōn _answered the_Ḩittiy DOM ʼAⱱrāhām in/on/at/with_hearing_of the_people_of Heth to_all/each/any/every (of)_the_gate_of [those_who_were]_entering_of city_of_his to_say.
OET (OET-RV) Now Efron (the Hittite) was sitting there among Het’s sons, so he responded to Abraham while the other land-owners were listening, along with everyone else at the city gate,
וְעֶפְר֥וֹן יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּת֣וֹךְ בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת
and,Ephron was_sitting in_the=middle sons_of Het
Alternate translation: “Now Ephron the Hittite was sitting there at the meeting among the other Hittite elders,” or “Ephron was one of the Hittite elders who had gathered there at the meeting,”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיַּעַן֩ עֶפְר֨וֹן הַחִתִּ֤י אֶת־אַבְרָהָם֙
and,answered ˊEfrōn the,Hittite DOM ʼAⱱrāhām
Alternate translation: “and he replied to Abraham”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בְּאָזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֔ת
in/on/at/with,hearing_of sons_of Het
Alternate translation: “in the hearing of the elders of the Hittites,” or “as the other elders listened,”
לְכֹ֛ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִיר֖וֹ
to=all/each/any/every went_in_of gate_of city_of,his
The pronoun his refers back to everyone who had gathered at the city gate, not just one person. Also, in that culture, the leaders of a city would hold their meetings at the city gates, where they would make decisions on important matters such as the one Abraham brought before them. You could include that information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “including everyone who had gathered there at their city gate,”
Note 3 topic: writing-quotations
לֵאמֹֽר
to=say
Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “This is what he said:”
23:1-20 When Sarah . . . died, Abraham acquired a parcel of land for a burial place. This transaction was the first sign that a permanent transition had taken place, as people were normally buried in their ancestral homeland (cp. 49:29–50:13). In burying Sarah, Abraham detached from his just-mentioned ancestral home (where his relatives still lived, 22:20-24); his future would be in Canaan, where his descendants would realize the promise.
OET (OET-LV) And_ˊEfrōn [was]_sitting in_the_middle the_people_of Heth and_ ˊEfrōn _answered the_Ḩittiy DOM ʼAⱱrāhām in/on/at/with_hearing_of the_people_of Heth to_all/each/any/every (of)_the_gate_of [those_who_were]_entering_of city_of_his to_say.
OET (OET-RV) Now Efron (the Hittite) was sitting there among Het’s sons, so he responded to Abraham while the other land-owners were listening, along with everyone else at the city gate,
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.