Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 13:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “That one is to examine (him) again, and if the wounds have healed, the priest shall say that the person is clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “and when the priest examines him/her, if that spot has become completely white, that sick one must be judged clean, he/she is clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And if (it is) true that it is-healed/forms-skin-over/forms-a-scar, the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-announce that he/she (is) now clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest must examine him again; and if the sores have become white, the priest will declare that the person who had been infected is now permitted to be with other people again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “If there is a person who had a boil and then it healed,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If a boil which comes out of anyone’s skin is healed,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a person has a boil that has-healed,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then someone has a boil on his skin and it has healed,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “and a white or red or purple wound surfaces at the place, the person needs to go and show himself to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And if in place of that boil there comes a swelling or a reddish white spot, he/she must show it to the priest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “but later this-becomes-white or becomes-red, he/she must let- the priest -look at this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “but in the place where the boil was a white swelling or a bright/shiny spot appears, he must go to the priest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall examine (it) and if it is seen that the place has dug deep and the hairs of the place have changed to become white, the priest shall say that the person is unclean. (He) has a serious wound which has started from the boil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And when he examines it, if it appears to go deeper than the skin, and if the fine body hair there has also become white, the priest must judge him/her to be unclean. It is a contagious disease. It has come out of the boil.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And if the skin forms-a-depression and its body-hairs have-become-white, the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-announce that this person is dirty/unclean, for he/she has a disease on the skin that has-started in the boil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest must examine it. And if it seems to be deeper than just on the skin, and if the hair in that spot has become white, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the boil had been. And the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the priest has examined (it) and found that the hairs of the place have not changed to become white and the place is not warped downwards, but it has become purple/pink, the priest shall place the person aside for seven days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if, when the priest examines it, there are no fine body hairs in it that are white, or if it does not go more than skin deep, but [rather] the spot has disappeared, the priest must put him/her in isolation for seven days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if the priest sees that the skin did-not form-a-depression and its body-hairs also did-not become-white, and seems already healed/has-formed-skin-over, the priest will-separate him/will-set- him -apart from the (other) people for/[lit. inside of] seven days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in that spot and it is only on the surface of the skin and has become less bright/shiny, then the priest will order him to stay away from other people for seven days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “If the place continues to spread, the priest shall say that the person is unclean, because he has a serious wound.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If it has spread in the skin, the priest must judge him/her to be unclean, it is a contagious disease.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If this spreads on the other part of the skin, the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-announce that he is unclean, for that (is) a sign of a dangerous disease on the skin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if it is spreading, it is contagious and the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “But if the place/area does not spread and it is only the scar from the boil that remains, the priest shall say that the person is clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But if the white spot does not spread it is only a scar. The priest must declare that person to be clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if this does- not -spread, it (is) only a scar from the boil, and the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-pronounce that he is clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if that spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 13:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person has his body burned and then there appears at the place of the wound something pink/purple or white,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If any person is wounded by being burned by fire on the skin, and the new flesh of that wound burned by fire is turning reddish white or white,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If any person has a burn which becomes-infected and it becomes-white or becomes-red,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then someone has a burn on his skin and a bright/shiny or white spot appears, and the flesh in that area is sensitive/painful,” (Source: Translation for Translators)