OET interlinear GEN 2:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יַּפֵּל֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל־הָ⁠אָדָ֖ם

and=he/it_made_fall/lie_down YHWH ʼElohīm trance/deep_sleep/lethargy on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=humankind

Many languages have a similar common expresson for caused a deep sleep to fall on that works well here. Consider what is best in your language. Alternate translation: [Then Yahweh God caused the man to go into a deep sleep] or [Then Yahweh God made the man sleep very deeply]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יִּקַּ֗ח

and=he/it_took

Consider whether to use a pronoun or noun here to refer to God. Make sure it is clear in your translation to whom each pronoun is referring at each point in this verse. Alternate translation: [he took out]

אַחַת֙ מִ⁠צַּלְעֹתָ֔י⁠ו

one(fs) from=his/its=ribs/planks

This phrase is ambiguous in the Hebrew text. It could mean: (1) “one of the man’s ribs from his body/side” or “a rib from the man’s body/side” or (2) “part of the man’s side from his body”

וַ⁠יִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽ⁠נָּה

and=he/it_closed_up flesh/meat instead_of=her/it

In this context, the term flesh probably includes muscles and skin. Alternate translation: [and filled in the hole where it had been with flesh and healed it] or [and replaced it with flesh and healed him]