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OET (OET-LV) holy they_will_be to_god_of_their and_not they_will_profane the_name_of their_god_of_their if/because DOM the_fire_offerings_of YHWH the_food_of their_god_of_their they are_presenting and_they_will_be a_holy_thing.
OET (OET-RV) The priests must stay separate for their God and they must not tarnish his reputation because they present the gifts to Yahweh—their god’s food
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ שֵׁ֖ם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם
and=not (Some words not found in UHB: holy be to,God_of,their and=not profane name_of their_God_of,their that/for/because/then/when DOM offerings_by_fire_of YHWH food/grain/bread their_God_of,their they present and=they_will_be holy )
This word name is used to represent Yahweh’s character. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and they must not disgrace God’s reputation] or [and they must not disgrace their God]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּי֩
(Some words not found in UHB: holy be to,God_of,their and=not profane name_of their_God_of,their that/for/because/then/when DOM offerings_by_fire_of YHWH food/grain/bread their_God_of,their they present and=they_will_be holy )
The word translated as for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation (with a period before): [This is because]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
אֶת־אִשֵּׁ֨י יְהוָ֜ה לֶ֧חֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם הֵ֥ם מַקְרִיבִ֖ם
DOM (Some words not found in UHB: holy be to,God_of,their and=not profane name_of their_God_of,their that/for/because/then/when DOM offerings_by_fire_of YHWH food/grain/bread their_God_of,their they present and=they_will_be holy )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The phrase the bread of their God clarifies the meaning of the phrase gifts of Yahweh. You can translate this parallelism into one statement that conveys this relationship. Alternate translation: [they are presenting the gifts of Yahweh, that is, the bread of their God] or [they are presenting the food gifts offered to Yahweh, their God]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
לֶ֧חֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם
food/grain/bread their_God_of,their
This expression uses one kind of food, bread, to represent food in general. Furthermore, this expression uses the possessive form to describe bread (that is, food) that is characterized by the fact that it is offered to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the gifts of food that people offer to their God]
וְהָ֥יוּ קֹֽדֶשׁ
and=they_will_be holy
Alternate translation: [and so they must be holy]
OET (OET-LV) holy they_will_be to_god_of_their and_not they_will_profane the_name_of their_god_of_their if/because DOM the_fire_offerings_of YHWH the_food_of their_god_of_their they are_presenting and_they_will_be a_holy_thing.
OET (OET-RV) The priests must stay separate for their God and they must not tarnish his reputation because they present the gifts to Yahweh—their god’s food
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.