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OET (OET-LV) and_ days _he/it_was many and_the_message_of YHWH it_came to ʼĒliyyāh in_year (the)_third to_say go present_yourself to ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_I_will_give rain on the_surface_of the_soil.
OET (OET-RV) In the third year of drought, Yahweh told Eliyah to go and show himself to King Ahav and tell him that it would soon rain,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיְהִי֙ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים
and=he/it_was days (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was days many and,the_word_of YHWH it_became to/towards ʼĒliyyāh in,year (the),third to=say go present to/towards ʼAḩʼāⱱ and,I_will_give rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=soil )
Here, many days represents a long period of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And it was a long time] or [And a long time passed]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ
and,the_word_of YHWH it_became to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was days many and,the_word_of YHWH it_became to/towards ʼĒliyyāh in,year (the),third to=say go present to/towards ʼAḩʼāⱱ and,I_will_give rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=soil )
See how you translated the similar expression in [6:11](../06/11.md). Alternate translation: [and Yahweh spoke a message to Elijah]
Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal
בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖ית
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was days many and,the_word_of YHWH it_became to/towards ʼĒliyyāh in,year (the),third to=say go present to/towards ʼAḩʼāⱱ and,I_will_give rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=soil )
If your language would not represent a number in a form such as in the third year, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [after three years]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was days many and,the_word_of YHWH it_became to/towards ʼĒliyyāh in,year (the),third to=say go present to/towards ʼAḩʼāⱱ and,I_will_give rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=soil )
See how you translated the similar expression in [17:14](../17/14.md). Alternate translation: [on the surface of the earth]
OET (OET-LV) and_ days _he/it_was many and_the_message_of YHWH it_came to ʼĒliyyāh in_year (the)_third to_say go present_yourself to ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_I_will_give rain on the_surface_of the_soil.
OET (OET-RV) In the third year of drought, Yahweh told Eliyah to go and show himself to King Ahav and tell him that it would soon rain,
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.