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OET (OET-LV) And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_built an_altar to/for_YHWH DOM_him/it he_began to_built an_altar to/for_YHWH.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּ֧בֶן שָׁא֛וּל מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָ֑ה
and=he/it_built Shāʼūl altar to/for=YHWH
This was a symbolic action by which Saul was thanking and honoring Yahweh for enabling the Israelites to win this victory over the Philistines. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [And Saul built an altar to Yahweh to thank and honor him for enabling the Israelites to win this victory over the Philistines]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֹת֣וֹ הֵחֵ֔ל לִבְנ֥וֹת מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה
DOM=him/it he/it_began to,built altar to/for=YHWH
The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean this was the first time Saul had done this. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [This was the first altar he built to Yahweh]
14:35 first of the altars: This altar is the only one mentioned. David later built an altar that would become the site of God’s Temple (2 Sam 24:18-25).
OET (OET-LV) And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_built an_altar to/for_YHWH DOM_him/it he_began to_built an_altar to/for_YHWH.
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.