The Hebrew in Psalm 73:6 that is translated as “cover” or similar in English is emphasized in Sar with the ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) rep (“as an oufit fits rep“). Rep “means well adjusted, the right measure for objects that join. Examples: the pants are just right for her, he is sitting on her legs (folded up) properly, she has a falling garment that just touches the ground.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. )
The Greek in Matthew 5:40 that is translated as “shirt” and “coat” or similar in English is translated in Ghomálá’ as dzə o yə nthʉm o or “your inner garment” and yə o pfɔptə a or “the one (garment) with which you cover yourself.” (Source: Ervais Fotso Noumsi in Le Sycomore, 16/1, 2022 .)
The Hebrew in Psalm 28:5 that is translated as “break down” in English is emphasized in Sar with the ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) sák sák (“(The Lord will) destroy them sák sák“). Sák sákmeans “empty, without anything, exhausted, tired, damaged. destroyed, cleaned up, without intermediary. Examples: illness has exhausted him, the calabash has shattered into several pieces, the calabash is destroyed and irreparable.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. ).
The Hebrew that is translated as “shudder” in English is reinforced in Sar with the ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) ngin ngin (“The roots of the mountain dance / move ngin ngin“). Ngin ngin “evokes bulky, imposing, strong things (noise, shaking). Examples: the cold makes you tremble hard, the big drum makes a loud rolling noise, the thunder rolls, distant noise, depositing large droppings somewhere.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. )
The Hebrew in Nahum 2:7 that is translated as “beating their chest (lit.: heart)” is translated in the 2008 MobaYendu Kadapaaonn translation as “holding their intestines,” the culturally appropriate way for a woman’s “gesture of mourning which consists of holding the lower abdomen with both hands. (Source: Bedouma Joseph Kobaike in Le Sycomore 17/1, 2024, p. 3ff. )
The Hebrew in Psalm 32:4 that is translated as “your hand was heavy upon me” or similar in English is translated in Sar as “Your hand hits my head rututu.” Rututu) is an ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) which “evokes a regular, equal or orderly arrangement of a set of small objects, a more or less equal distribution over time. Examples: the children (lined up or side by side) are the same size, I’m all sweaty, he has a rash of little pimples all over his body (…), he scolds us regularly.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. )
The Hebrew in Psalm 55:4 that is translated as “my heart is in anguish within me” or similar in English is translated in Sar as “a dark belly goes with me gadə gadə.” Gadə gadə is an ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) to emphasize the emotion. It “expresses an action deploying efforts (right and left). Examples: searching for a person by searching everywhere, going back and forth).” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. ).
The Hebrew in Psalm 77:18 that is translated as “shake” in English is reinforced in Sar with the ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) ngin ngin (“The earth trembles and dances ngin ngin“). Ngin ngin “evokes bulky, imposing, strong things (noise, shaking). Examples: the cold makes you tremble hard, the big drum makes a loud rolling noise, the thunder rolls, distant noise, depositing large droppings somewhere.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. )
