The Hebrew that is translated as “set their hope in God” or similar in English is translated in Sar as “throw their belly mámák towards God.” Mámák (or elsewhere mak) is an ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) that emphasizes the expression. It “means leaving nothing, without restriction, completely (positive or negative). Examples: a fire that is completely extinguished, a paralyzed arm/leg, having eaten without leaving anything, to be really dead. In the figurative sense: to die of fear, to believe with all one’s strength, to be really the child of a person.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. )
The Hebrew in Psalm 74:23 that is translated as “clamor” in English is reinforced in its sound in Sar with the ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) biw biw (“The howl that people throw at you in battle biw biw“). (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. )
The Hebrew in Psalm 46:3 that is translated as “waters roar and foam” in English is emphasized in Sar with the ideophone (a word that expresses what is perceived by the five senses) pukətu pukətu (“the foam rises pukətu pukətu“). Pukətu pukətu “evokes the movement of a liquid mass. Examples: a good amount of water poured over a person, wading across the river, agitating the water as it wades across the river.” (Source: Ngarbolnan Riminan in Le Sycomore 2000, p. 20ff. ).
