footstool

The Hebrew, Latin and Greek that is typically translated as «footstool» in English is translated as «(put your enemies) underneath your feet like grass» in Enxet. (Source: Reiling / Swellengrebel)

In Upper Guinea Crioulo it is «(put your enemies) under your feet so you can rest your feet on them.” (Source: David Frank in this blog post )

In Whitesands is is «door-cloth.» «This would be that rag at the door that you use to wipe your feet after walking in the dirt or mud. Similar to a doormat. The point of comparison would be that a door rag is so low in value/position compared to the one using it.» (Source: Greg Carlson)

Non-metaphorical ways to translate this include:

  • Chuj: «become ruler above»
  • Teutila Cuicatec: «humble (your enemies)»
  • Isthmus Mixe: «give authority to gain the victory over (your enemies)»
  • Morelos Nahuatl: «deliver (your enemies) into your hands»
  • Rincón Zapotec: «make (your enemies) subject to you» (source for this and above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
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