Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 15:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “When that person dripping has been healed from his sickness, he needs to count seven days in which he is cleaning himself. He must wash his clothes and bathe in clean water, then he has become clean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After a man who has disease of the semen is healed from his disease, [he] must wait for seven days. On the seventh day he must wash his clothes and bathe with pure water. Then he will be clean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If this man is- now -healed from his illness/disease, he must- yet -wait for seven days. Then he must-launder his clothes and bathe in water from a spring. On the eighth day, he must bring two doves or two pigeons into the presence of the LORD there near the entrance of the Meeting-together-place Tent. Then he is-to-give this to the priest who (is) the-one to-offer them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If such a man is healed from his flow of fluid, he must wait for seven days. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water from a spring. Then he will be able to be with others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “And on the eighth day he needs to take two doves or pigeons and go to the courtyard of the Tent of God and give (them) to the priest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the eighth day, bringing two doves or two young pigeons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, he must give them to the priest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If this man is- now -healed from his illness/disease, he must- yet -wait for seven days. Then he must-launder his clothes and bathe in water from a spring. On the eighth day, he must bring two doves or two pigeons into the presence of the LORD there near the entrance of the Meeting-together-place Tent. Then he is-to-give this to the priest who (is) the-one to-offer them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On the eighth/next day, he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and give them to the priest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:15)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest will make a sacrifice for sweeping away sin of one of those birds, and the other one he shall make a sacrifice that is burned completely. He shall do this ritual by which that person who was dripping will be cleansed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The priest must offer one for a The Purification Sacrifice and one for a burnt offering. In this way the priest must make atonement for his disease before the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “One offering is for becoming-clean and the (other) one for a burnt offering. By-means-of this act/[lit. doing] of the priest in the presence of the LORD, the uncleanliness of that person will-be-taken-(away) because of the coming-out/discharge from his genitals/sexual-organ, and he will- now be -clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priest will sacrifice them. One will be an offering for the man to become acceptable to God, and the other one will be completely burned on the altar. As a result of the priest doing that, the man will be forgiven for having sinned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a man has an emission of semen alone/by itself, he needs to wash himself and he is unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Anyone who emits semen a normal way, must bathe his whole body. Then he will be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If semen goes-out from a man, he must bathe, but he is- still -to-be-considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then semen accidentally flows from a man’s sexual organs , he must bathe his whole body, and no one should touch him until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “And any cloth or skin which the semen has touched needs to be washed and that thing is unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Cloth or leather on which semen falls must be completely washed with water, and it will be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Any clothing or things that was made from leather on which the semen falls must be washed, but it is still considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed, and no one should touch it until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a man is lying together with a woman and he has an emission both needs to bathe and they are unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When any man sleeps with a woman, if semen falls, both of them must bathe and they will be unclean until evening time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a man and a woman sleep-together/(have-sexual-relations), and semen comes-out-from the male, the two of them must bathe, but they are- still -to-be- considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When a man has sex with a woman and some semen spills, both of them must bathe, and no one should touch them until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a woman is in her days of the month (period), that woman is unclean for seven days, and any person who has touched that woman is also unclean until sunset.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’When a woman is menstruating, she will be unclean for seven days. If anyone touches her, he/she will be unclean until evening time. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When a woman (has) the monthly-period, she is-to-be-considered dirty/unclean for/[lit. inside of] seven days, and anyone who touches her is- also -to-be-considered dirty/unclean until (it) becomes-twilight/dusk.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Then a woman has her monthly menstrual period, no one should touch her for seven days. If anyone touches her during that time, no one should touch the person who touched her until that evening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 15:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 15:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Anything that this woman has been lying on or sat on during the days of the month (period) that thing is unclean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’All the places where she sits or sleeps will be unclean. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Anything which she lies-on or sits-on during her monthly-period, will-become dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “No one should touch anything that she lies on or sits on during that time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)