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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_conceived/became_pregnant again and_she/it_gave_birth a_son and_she/it_said now the_time//this_time he_will_join_himself husband_my to_me DOM I_have_borne to_him/it three sons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he_called his/its_name Lēvīh.
OET (OET-RV) Then she got pregnant again and gave birth to a third son, and she said, “This time now my husband will hold me close to him, because I’ve given him three sons.” That’s why she named the baby ‘Levi’ (which means ‘hold close’).
וַתַּ֣הַר עוֹד֮
and=she/it_conceived/became_pregnant again/more
Alternate translation: “Once again Leah became pregnant”
וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּן֒
and=she/it_gave_birth son
Alternate translation: “and had another son,”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר
and=she/it_said
Alternate translation: “She exclaimed,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
יִלָּוֶ֤ה & אֵלַ֔י
joined & to=me
Many languages have an idiom that is similar to the Hebrew idiom and fits well here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “will become attached to me”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
כִּֽי יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים
that/for/because/then/when borne to=him/it three children
For some languages it is more natural to put this clause first in this quote and say, “I have born/had three sons for my husband, so now finally he will become attached to me.” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “because I have had three sons for him.”
עַל כֵּ֥ן
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so
Alternate translation: “Because she had said that,”
קָרָֽא שְׁמ֖וֹ
he/it_called his/its=name
Although this phrase could mean that Jacob named Levi, most translations translate this in a general or indefinite way that does not specify who named him. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “he was named”
Note 4 topic: translate-names
לֵוִֽי
Lēvīh
If you include the meaning of Levi’s name in your translation (or in a footnote), make sure it matches the way you translated be joined earlier in this verse.
29:34 Leah named her third son Levi, hoping that her husband would become “attached” to her since she had given him three sons. This hope was not fulfilled.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_conceived/became_pregnant again and_she/it_gave_birth a_son and_she/it_said now the_time//this_time he_will_join_himself husband_my to_me DOM I_have_borne to_him/it three sons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he_called his/its_name Lēvīh.
OET (OET-RV) Then she got pregnant again and gave birth to a third son, and she said, “This time now my husband will hold me close to him, because I’ve given him three sons.” That’s why she named the baby ‘Levi’ (which means ‘hold close’).
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.