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OET (OET-LV) And_afraid the_sailors and_cried_out each to his/its_god and_threw DOM the_vessels which in/on/at/with_ship into the_sea to_lighten from_on_them and_Yōnāh he_had_gone_down into the_innermost_parts the_ship and_lain_down and_fast_asleep.
OET (OET-RV) The sailors were afraid and they each cried to their own gods for help, and they threw the cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. But Yonah had gone down into the hold where he had laid down and fallen fast asleep.
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
הַמַּלָּחִ֗ים
the,sailors
The sailors were men who worked on a ship to control the sails and do other tasks. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of work, you could use a more general term or a phrase that explains it. Alternate translation: "the crew members" or “the men who worked on the ship”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֱלֹהָיו֒
his/its=god
The author assumes that his audience will know that by his own god he does not mean the true God, Yahweh. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: "the idol or false god that he worshiped"
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לְהָקֵ֖ל מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
to,lighten from,on,them
This could mean: (1) to make the ship lighter so that it would float better, Alternate translation: “to help the ship float better” or (2) to lighten or relieve a dangerous situation, Alternate translation: “to lessen the danger they were in”
Note 4 topic: writing-background
וְיוֹנָ֗ה יָרַד֙ אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַסְּפִינָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב וַיֵּרָדַֽם
and,Jonah gone_down to/towards lowest_part the,ship and,lain_down and,fast_asleep
This sentence provides background information about Jonah's circumstances to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, present this information in a way that makes it clear that this is background information and that Jonah had already done this before the storm started.
יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַסְּפִינָ֔ה
lowest_part the,ship
Alternate translation: “the interior of the ship”
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב וַיֵּרָדַֽם
and,lain_down and,fast_asleep
Alternate translation: “and was lying there fast asleep” or “and lay sound asleep”
1:5-6 Jonah’s ongoing sleep was perhaps induced by God to advance the crisis to a point where it was clear that the sailors’ gods could not help (1:6).
OET (OET-LV) And_afraid the_sailors and_cried_out each to his/its_god and_threw DOM the_vessels which in/on/at/with_ship into the_sea to_lighten from_on_them and_Yōnāh he_had_gone_down into the_innermost_parts the_ship and_lain_down and_fast_asleep.
OET (OET-RV) The sailors were afraid and they each cried to their own gods for help, and they threw the cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. But Yonah had gone down into the hold where he had laid down and fallen fast asleep.
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.