The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “tabernacle” in English is translated in San Blas Kuna as “house of prayer that can be carried.” (Source: Ronald Ross)
In Bandi it is translated as “holy sitting place.” The “sitting place for the Bandi is where you live.” Therefore the tabernacle is the place where God lived. (Source: Becky Grossmann in this newsletter )
In Vidunda it is translated as “God’s tent” (source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext) and in Tibetan as gur mchog (གུར་མཆོག) or “perfect tent” (source: gSungrab website )
In American Sign Language it is translated with with a sign for “tent” combined with a sign referring to the outer court surrounding the tent (see Exodus 27:9 and following). (Source: Ruth Anna Spooner, Ron Lawer)
“Tabernacle” in American Sign Language, source: Deaf Harbor
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)
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