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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_spoke with_them to_say if (there) [is]_with willing_you_all to_bury DOM dead_my out_of_before_sight_my hear_me and_intercede to_me in/on/at/with_ˊEfrōn the_son of_Zohar.
OET (OET-RV) and asked them, “Since you’re all allowing me to bury my dead, listen to me and intercede for me with Zohar’s son Efron,
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר
and=he/it_spoke with=them to=say
Consider whether it is more natural in your language to have two verbs or just one verb in this quote margin. Also consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “and said to them,”
לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י
to,bury DOM dead,my out_of,before,sight,my
See how you translated this phrase in verse 4. Alternate translation: “for me to bury my dead wife here,” or “to allow me to bury the body of my wife who has died,” or “to let me give my deceased wife a proper burial here,”
שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן צֹֽחַר
hear,me and,intercede to=me in/on/at/with,Ephron son_of Zohar
Alternate translation: “please appeal to Ephron the son of Zohar on my behalf”
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_he/it_spoke with_them to_say if (there) [is]_with willing_you_all to_bury DOM dead_my out_of_before_sight_my hear_me and_intercede to_me in/on/at/with_ˊEfrōn the_son of_Zohar.
OET (OET-RV) and asked them, “Since you’re all allowing me to bury my dead, listen to me and intercede for me with Zohar’s son Efron,
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.