Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 38:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) made a net from bronze wires and attached it inside the altar to go round at chest height (halfway up).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made a bronze grid to keep in the edge of the altar that reached up to the center.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They also made bronze grill/(grating) for the altar, and they put (it) under the altar, on object/the-place-to-put it halfway close-to the altar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And also, he made a bras grate for that table to be for fire. And on the tables four legs, he affixed a bras thing onto the middle of the legs, to be for holding the bras grate.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They pound metal red, weave it it be bored eye like grating, put it into belly of altar.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They also made a bronze grating to hold the wood and burning coals. They put the grating under the rim that went around the altar. They made it so that it was inside the altar, halfway down.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) made four rings at all the four corners of the altar at chest height (halfway up).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made four bronze rings around it to insert the carrying poles.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They also made four bronze seemingly-rings and connected/attached it to the four corners of the bronze grill/grating. This seemingly rings is the things-to-insert-through the poles which is-for carrying the altar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And he made bras ring-handles also and then affixed those ring-handles onto the four corners of the bras grate. Those ring-handles were for the insertion of poles for carrying the bras grate.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They pound its corner at its four it be bored hole for its carry-wood.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made bronze rings in which to put the poles for carrying the altar, and fastened one of them to each of the corners of the altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) made acacia (horizontal) poles and coated (them) with bronze.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made the poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlaid with bronze.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The poles was made of acacia wood and overlaid with bronze.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And when it was done, then he took akas wood, and then made two carrying poles and then wrapped them with wide pieces of bras.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And they chop white-acacia two for its carry-wood, applied it with metal red.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “After that he entered (them) into the rings which were in/on both sides of the altar for when it is carried. It was made from boards and the inside was hollow/open.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They inserted the carrying poles into rings to both sides to carry the altar. They made the altar from planks with hollow vat the center.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They put-through/inserted the poles into the seemingly-rings on each sides of the altar so the altar can-be-lifted. They made the altar hallow, and it is open inside.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Those two poles were for the shouldering of the table. He inserted them into the table’s four ring-handles, one pole on one side, and the other pole on the other side. And he enclosed that table with good pieces of wood, yet he left the opening below and above so that it remained uncovered.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They put it through at place which be present its corner, one on right, the one on left. They build white-acacia for altar it have hole like box.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles were for carrying the altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “The basin was of bronze and its stand was also of bronze. (They) were made from mirrors of the women who were helping in the work there in the compound of the Tent.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Bezalel made a bronze basin and its stands from the mirror of that was given by the women who help at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then they made the bronze basin and its object/place-to-put which is also bronze. These bronze that-was used is from the bronze mirror of the women who served at the entrance of-the Tent Meeting-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And at the shelter for meeting together with God, some of the women were doing work close to the opening of the shelter. They had some bras things which were for seeing the reflection of their faces. But they brought those bras things to the man of work, and then he made the dish for water together with its bras table, and so it was for the washing of the hands and feet of the people of offerings.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And metal red which servant women of door Dwelling-Tent-of-God used for mirror, they took it, forged it into water jar great with its stand.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The altar was hollow like an empty box. It was made from boards of acacia wood.
    They made/cast the washbasin and its base from bronze. The bronze was from the mirrors that belonged to the women who worked at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) constructed a fence around the Tent of God. (He) constructed that fence with curtains woven together. The curtains for the southern side of the Tent had a length of forty five meters.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made a courtyard for the tabernacle. Its southward’s length was a hundred cubits long. Then they made a fine linen curtain for it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They put a yard/courtyard to-the Tent Meeting-Place, and they put- fine linen curtain -around it. The length of the curtain on the south side around 150 feet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And when it was done then he took good cloths and then erected the fence so that it surrounded God’s shelter. And the long side of that fence toward the saut, its length amounted to twenty-five fathoms.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And they stick in fence at place of Dwelling-Tent-of-God. They hang clothes which they make with thread be good on the right, so that its width be joint of hand which be 100.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Around the Sacred Tent Bezalel and his helpers made a courtyard. To form the courtyard, they made curtains of fine white linen. On the south side, the curtain was 150 feet/46 meters long.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “(He) tied those curtains onto twenty bronze pillars and (they) stood on twenty things made of bronze, and had clips/hooks and horizontal poles made of silver.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They made twenty bases of bronze for it and twenty bronze pillars as well. But hooks and ropes of pillars were silver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They connected/hung this curtain to-the 20 bronze posts which is also inserted to-the 20 bronze bases. The thing- they -used-to-connect/hung the curtain was-the silver hooks which is-attached to-the silver rods on the posts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And they made the long side of that fence with its twenty posts. And they made twenty bras post-bases also to be for the standing-up of the posts. And on each of the posts, they made silva hooks and silva cross-pieces also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They pound metal red which be 20 for its hanging wood, with metal red which be 20 other for its planting-hole. They pound gold white, made crooks head, seal it on hanging-wood, and they pound gold white for its beams.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “To hang the curtain, they made 20 bronze posts and 20 bronze bases, one for under each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they made silver hooks, and they made metal rods covered with silver.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 38:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 38:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “He also made the northern side like he made the other side.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As same they made a hundred cubits long curtain for the north side. And they made twenty-twenty pillars and bronze bases for it. But hooks and ropes were silver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The curtain on-the north side was-also around 150 feet long, and it connected/hung to-the 20 bronze posts which is also inserted to-the 20 bronze bases. The thing-used-to-connect/hung the curtain was-the silver hooks which is-attached to-the silver rods on the posts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “And the long side of that fence toward the not turned out the same as its opposite side also. Its length amounted to twenty-five fathoms. And they made twenty posts for it together with their twenty bras post-bases to be for the standing-up of the posts. And on each of the fence’s posts, they made silva hooks and silva cross-pieces also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “They make it thus on the left also. They hang clothes so that its width be joint of hand which be 100, make its hanging wood with its planting-hole with metal red, make that which they pound be crooked head, and its beams with gold white.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases, and hooks for the north side of the courtyard.” (Source: Translation for Translators)