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OET (OET-LV) And_called the_descendants of_Rəʼūⱱēn and_the_sons of_Gād to_the_altar if/because [is]_a_witness it between_us if/because_that YHWH the_ʼElohīm.
OET (OET-RV) The descendants of Rueben and Gad named the altar ‘Reminder’ because it was a reminder between them that Yahweh is God.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
עֵ֥ד הוּא֙ בֵּֽינֹתֵ֔ינוּ
witness he/it between,us
The altar is spoken of as if it were a witness that could testify for the three tribes.
22:34 Witness: Hebrew texts that include this word interpret the last statement as an explanation of the name. Texts that omit the word understand the last quotation to be the name of the altar.
OET (OET-LV) And_called the_descendants of_Rəʼūⱱēn and_the_sons of_Gād to_the_altar if/because [is]_a_witness it between_us if/because_that YHWH the_ʼElohīm.
OET (OET-RV) The descendants of Rueben and Gad named the altar ‘Reminder’ because it was a reminder between them that Yahweh is God.
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.