sickle (illustration)

The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “sickle” in English is illustrated for use in Bible translations in East Africa by Pioneer Bible Translators like this:

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unshrunk cloth (illustration)

The Greek that is translated as “unshrunk cloth” or “unshrunk patch” in English is illustrated for use in Bible translations in East Africa by Pioneer Bible Translators like this:

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millstone

The Hebrew, Ge’ez and Greek that is translated as “millstone” in English is illustrated for use in Bible translations in East Africa by Pioneer Bible Translators like this:

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In the German translation by Fridolin Stier (1989) is it translated as “donkey millstone” (Eselsmühlstein) and in Cherokee as nvya or “rock” (source: Bender / Belt 2025, p. 16).

See also a mill or an upper millstone.

your rod and your staff – they comfort me

Drawing by Ismar David from Charles L. Allen, 1961. For other images of Ismar David drawings, see here.

The Hebrew that is translated as “your rod and your staff – they comfort me” in English was translated in Tuvan as “your rod and your staff protect me and calm me down.” Andrei S. Desnitsky explains (in: The Bible Translator 2018, p. 233ff. ): “This may sound rather negative when translated literally into Tuvan (a Turkic language spoken on the Russian–Mongolian border). The most probable scenario that would be evoked for readers/hearers involves a serious beating after which the speaker keeps silent. So we had to introduce the word ‘protection’ dajangyyžyŋ bile šykpyyžyŋ meni kamgalap, oožurgadyr (your rod and your staff protect me and calm me down).”