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OET (OET-LV) And_it_opened the_earth/land DOM her/its_mouth and_it_swallowed DOM_them and_DOM Qoraḩ when_died_of the_company when_consumed the_fire DOM fifty and_two_hundreds man and_they_were (into)_a_warning_sign.
OET (OET-RV) Then the earth split open and swallowed them and Korah. Yahweh had also sent a fire that consumed 250 men, and they became a warning sign.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וַתִּפְתַּ֨ח הָאָ֜רֶץ פִּ֗יהָ וַתִּבְלַ֥ע אֹתָ֛ם
and,it_opened the=earth/land (Some words not found in UHB: and,it_opened the=earth/land DOM her/its=mouth and,it_swallowed DOM=them and=DOM Qoraḩ when,died_of the,company when,consumed the,fire DOM fifty and=two_hundreds (a)_man and=they_were (into)_a,warning_sign )
The author is speaking of the earth as if it were a living thing that could open its mouth and swallow people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And a large crack opened in the ground and covered over them]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous
וַתִּבְלַ֥ע אֹתָ֛ם וְאֶת־קֹ֖רַח בְּמ֣וֹת הָעֵדָ֑ה
and,it_swallowed DOM=them and=DOM Qoraḩ when,died_of the,company
The word translated as when indicates that the congregation died at the same time that the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could describe the time relationship more explicitly. Alternate translation: [and swallowed them and Korah at the same time that the congregation died]
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
וַתִּבְלַ֥ע אֹתָ֛ם
and,it_swallowed DOM=them
The pronoun them refers to Dathan and Abiram, whom the author named in the previous verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [and swallowed Dathan and Abiram and Korah]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
בַּאֲכֹ֣ל הָאֵ֗שׁ אֵ֣ת חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּמָאתַ֨יִם֙ אִ֔ישׁ
when,consumed the,fire DOM fifty and=two_hundreds (a)_man
The author is speaking of the fire as if it were a living thing that could eat people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when the fire destroyed 250 men]
Note 5 topic: translate-numbers
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּמָאתַ֨יִם֙
fifty and=two_hundreds
Translate this number according to the conventions of your own language and culture. Alternate translation: [two hundred fifty]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַיִּהְי֖וּ לְנֵֽס
and=they_were (into)_a,warning_sign
Here the author is speaking as if what happened to these men were a sign that warned other people. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and what happened to them warned other people]
OET (OET-LV) And_it_opened the_earth/land DOM her/its_mouth and_it_swallowed DOM_them and_DOM Qoraḩ when_died_of the_company when_consumed the_fire DOM fifty and_two_hundreds man and_they_were (into)_a_warning_sign.
OET (OET-RV) Then the earth split open and swallowed them and Korah. Yahweh had also sent a fire that consumed 250 men, and they became a warning sign.
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.