fine leather

The Hebrew that is translated as “fine leather” or “badger/porpoise skin” in English is translated in Kutu as ng’hwembe ya mhala or “skins of bushbuck” (for bushbuck, see here ). (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)

In Yao, it is translated as “soft leather of a big sea animal” (source: UBS, project-specific translation notes in Paratext), in Newari as “dolphin skin” (source: Newari Back Translation), in Kupsabiny as “hides of a hippo” (source: Kupsabiny Back Translation), and in Opo as “soft skins” (source: Opo Back Translation).

The English Jewish Orthodox ArtScroll Tanach translation (publ. 2011) transliterates it as tachash-hide. (Source: Zetzsche)

See also fine leather and dugong.

complete verse (Genesis 1:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:1:

  • Kankanaey: “At the very-first, God created the earth and all that exists in the sky.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “First of all, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Opo: “At beginning God make above and below.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “The sons of Jacob who went with their father to the land of Egypt together with their children are these:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob taking their own family are” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the male children of Jacob who went-with/accompanied him to Egipto, with their families:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “The male children of Iakop who went to Isip with him, each of them went with their spouses and their children. The names of Israel’s male children are as follows:” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “When Jacob had gone Egypt, his children who they went with them together were” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Ruben and Simeon and Livai and Iuda” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and Isakar and Sebulun and Benjamin” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “and Issachar, and Zebulun, and Benjamin,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Dan, Naphtali, gad and Asher.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Dan, Napthali, Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Dan, Naftali, Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and Dan and Naptali and Gat and Aser.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “and Dan, and Naphtali, and Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people from the stomach of Jacob who went to the land of Egypt were seventy. When Jacob reached there, (he) met/found Joseph living there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Jacob had seventy offspring altogether. His son Joseph was in Egypt already.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jose (was) already there in Egipto. (There were) 70 descendants of Jacob altogether when he went to Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “In that day, the family members [descended] from Iakop, their number amounted to seventy. But Iosep was living already there in Isip.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “In year when they had gone Egypt, seed of Jacob all, they be ones who be 70 (seventy). And son namely Joseph before lived Egypt.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Altogether there were 70 people who went with Jacob. That included his sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons. His son Joseph was already in Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Joseph and his brothers stayed/lived in that land until they were old and they died there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Joseph, his brothers and all the people of his generation died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Later-on Jose and all his siblings died. That generation came-to-an-end,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that Iosep together with his older brothers and all the people in that day were living their lives until it was finished. And after their death,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Afterwards, Joseph, with brothers, with generations their all, they became old died.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Eventually Joseph and his older and younger brothers and everyone else in their family who lived in that generation/at that time died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)