Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 36:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “All those curtains were of the same size and each one had a length of thirteen meters and width of two meters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Each clothes were the same size. And they made it thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Each clothing-material has 45 feet long and has six feet wide.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Those eleven cloths turned out just the same. Their length amounted to seven and a half fathoms. And their width amounted to one fathom.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Cloth one, it not another be greater with length with width. Its length be joint of hand which be 30, and its width be joint of hand four.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Each piece of cloth was 15 yards/13.5 meters long and 2 yards/1.8 meters wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people sewed the five clothes to become one cloth and the other six where also sewn to become one.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made one, joining the five clothes and another one joining the six clothes too.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They joined-together the five clothing-material, and also the six remaining (sheets).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “He sewed five cloths so that they went and were joined and so became like one long cloth. And he sewed the six other cloths which were remaining still, so that they went and were joined together also like that, and so they became like another long cloth yet its pieces were six.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They sewed the five together, and sixth other, they made it thus also.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They sewed five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and they sewed the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “(They) made fifty things which were tied/wound (to form a loop/ring) and sewed/stitched (them) onto one side/end of both the two cloths.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then they made fifty loops in the last piece of cloth that was joined first. They did the same in the cloth that was joined later.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They put 50 seemingly-rings each edge of the two joined-together clothing-material,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And also, he sewed the cloth’s fifty ring-handles on the edge of those two big cloths.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And clothes these two they sewed thus, they sewed inside of loops which be 50 at edge of one, with inside of loops which be 50 at edge of another, made it meet mouth.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made 100 loops of blue cloth. They fastened 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and they fastened 50 to the outer edge of the other set.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “(They) prepared fifty clips/hooks made of bronze for joining those clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And then making the fifty hooks of bronze they joined the two clothes in one.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and they connected the 50 bronze hooks.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And also, he made fifty bras hooks in order to attach to the ring-handles, and so it was for the joining together of those two big cloths. [Since] it was like that then it became like one huge cloth.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They pound metal red loops which be 50, tied it inside of loops. Therefore, ceiling of tent one.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that (they) prepared (a) sheep skin which is colored red to be used for covering the Tent and a skin/hide of a hippo to be put on top of that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They overlapped two canopies to cover the first tent. One was of ram skin dyed red, and another was of dolphin’s skin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The top of this cover they covered-over with skin of the male sheep dyed red, and they also covered-over with good kind of leather.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And he made two more things for covering God’s shelter. One covering, he made from male sipsips’ skins on which they rubbed red paint. And above that covering, they made another covering from dugong skins.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They also covered skins of sheep/goats red on top of tent, and they again covered skins of sheep/goats other which be hard on its head.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made two more covers for the Sacred Tent. They made one from rams’ skins that had been tanned/dyed red, and they made the top cover from goatskin leather.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Frames from acacia boards were made and were used for making the Tent stand.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made the planks of acacia wood to set up the canopy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then they made the walls of the Tent. The used acacia wood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And also, he made the shelter’s studs from akas wood, yet between the pairs of studs, he nailed cross-pieces, and so he made so that the pairs of studs became like door frames. [Since] it was like that, then the pairs of studs together with their cross-pieces existed as each of the pieces of the wall’s bones.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And they chop white-acacia, built it for wood of tent which be 48.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made 48 frames from acacia wood and set them up to support the covers for the Sacred Tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “All those frames had a height of fifteen feet and width of two feet and three inches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Each plank was ten cubits long and a cubit and half wide.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The length of each frame was 15 feet and the width was two feet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Each of the studs had a length amounting to two and a half fathoms. And the cross-pieces between each of the studs had a length of 27 inches (lit. extending to our[incl] armpit).” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Tree which they build, its height be joint of hand which be 10, and width of the one be joint of hand one and a half.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Each frame was 15 feet/4.5 meters long and 27 in./66 cm. wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 36:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 36:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Each frame had two pegs which would bind/join one (frame) to another.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They were joined with two- two tenons in each plank. They made all the planks of the tabernacle in this way.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They put two pegs on each frame so it could-be-joined to the other frame.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And they hewed the ends of all the studs to become somewhat long, for them to go and be inserted into the holes of silva post-bases and so stand upon them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They built it with crossbeam two. Wood of Dwelling-Tent-of-God, they built it thus all.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made two projections at the bottom of each frame. These were for fastening the frames to the bases underneath them. Each frame had these projections.” (Source: Translation for Translators)