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OET (OET-LV) For/Because a_covenant with dead bodies confirmed is, because never it_is_being_effective, when is_living the one having_covenanted it.
OET (OET-RV) because this type of agreement doesn’t come into effect if the person who made it is still living, but only when they’re confirmed as dead,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
γὰρ
for
Here, the word For introduces a further explanation of what the author said in the previous verse (9:16) about covenants and death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a further explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [As you can see,] or [Indeed,]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
διαθήκη
/a/_covenant
See how you translated the word covenant in 9:16 “a last testament” or (2) “every covenant”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
νεκροῖς
dead_‹bodies›
The author is using the adjective dead as a noun in order to refer to people who are dead. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this one with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: [people who are dead]
9:16-22 The author gives a general principle about the nature of wills or covenants (9:16-17), which he then expounds in light of the inauguration of the first covenant (9:18-22).
OET (OET-LV) For/Because a_covenant with dead bodies confirmed is, because never it_is_being_effective, when is_living the one having_covenanted it.
OET (OET-RV) because this type of agreement doesn’t come into effect if the person who made it is still living, but only when they’re confirmed as dead,
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 SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.