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OET-LV And_ the_inhabitant[s]_of the_earth/land the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] _he/it_saw DOM the_mourning at_threshing_floor_of Atad and_they_said is_mourning heavy this for_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone_called his/its_name Heⱱel/(Abel) Miʦrayim which is_on_the_other_side_of the_Yardēn.
OET (OET-RV) The local Kena’ani (Canaanite) people saw the mourning at Atad’s threshing floor, and they said, “This is very serious mourning for the Mitsrim (Egyptians).” That’s why they then named that place across the Yarden ‘Avel-Mitsrayim’ (which means ‘the Mitsrim mourned here’).
וַיַּ֡רְא יוֹשֵׁב֩ הָאָ֨רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת־הָאֵ֗בֶל בְּגֹ֨רֶן֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw inhabitants_of the=earth/land the,Canaanite[s] DOM the,mourning at,threshing_floor_of Atad and=they_said mourning grievous this for,Egypt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_called his/its=name Heⱱel/(Abel)- -mizraim which/who [is]_on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan )
See how you translated threshing floor of Atad in verse 10.
אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְמִצְרָ֑יִם
mourning (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw inhabitants_of the=earth/land the,Canaanite[s] DOM the,mourning at,threshing_floor_of Atad and=they_said mourning grievous this for,Egypt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_called his/its=name Heⱱel/(Abel)- -mizraim which/who [is]_on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan )
Consider again how you translated Egyptian in the book of Genesis. See 12:14; 16:1, 3; 21:9; 25:12; 39:1, 2, 5; 41:55–56; 43:32; 45:2; 46:34; 47:15, 20; 50:3, 11. It may be necessary to translate this term in different ways, depending on the context. Alternate translation: [Wow! Those people of Egypt are mourning very sorrowfully for someone who died!]
עַל־כֵּ֞ן
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw inhabitants_of the=earth/land the,Canaanite[s] DOM the,mourning at,threshing_floor_of Atad and=they_said mourning grievous this for,Egypt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_called his/its=name Heⱱel/(Abel)- -mizraim which/who [is]_on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan )
Alternate translation: [That is the reason that]
קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙
he/it_called (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw inhabitants_of the=earth/land the,Canaanite[s] DOM the,mourning at,threshing_floor_of Atad and=they_said mourning grievous this for,Egypt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_called his/its=name Heⱱel/(Abel)- -mizraim which/who [is]_on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan )
Consider again how you translated “For that (reason) he/they called/call …” in the book of Genesis. See 11:9; 16:14; 19:22; 21:31; 25:26, 30; 31:48; 33:17; 35:8; 38:29–30; 50:11. Alternate translation: [people call that place] or [the name of that place is] or [that place is called]
אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥בֶר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw inhabitants_of the=earth/land the,Canaanite[s] DOM the,mourning at,threshing_floor_of Atad and=they_said mourning grievous this for,Egypt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_called his/its=name Heⱱel/(Abel)- -mizraim which/who [is]_on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan )
Alternate translation: [which is located over] or [The place is across]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְמִצְרָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
mourning (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw inhabitants_of the=earth/land the,Canaanite[s] DOM the,mourning at,threshing_floor_of Atad and=they_said mourning grievous this for,Egypt on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_called his/its=name Heⱱel/(Abel)- -mizraim which/who [is]_on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan )
For some languages it may be clearer or more natural to put this phrase earlier in this sentence. Also, be consistent here with how you translate this phrase in verse 10. Alternate translation: [That is why the name of that place on the other side of the Jordan River is Abel Mizraim, which means “Egyptians’ mourning place.”]
OET-LV And_ the_inhabitant[s]_of the_earth/land the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] _he/it_saw DOM the_mourning at_threshing_floor_of Atad and_they_said is_mourning heavy this for_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone_called his/its_name Heⱱel/(Abel) Miʦrayim which is_on_the_other_side_of the_Yardēn.
OET (OET-RV) The local Kena’ani (Canaanite) people saw the mourning at Atad’s threshing floor, and they said, “This is very serious mourning for the Mitsrim (Egyptians).” That’s why they then named that place across the Yarden ‘Avel-Mitsrayim’ (which means ‘the Mitsrim mourned here’).
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.
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