complete verse (1 Chronicles 12:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 12:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah who was of/from Haruph,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan and Jozabad the Gederahite,
    Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Harupite,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Eluzai, Jerimot, Bealia, Shemaria, and Shefatia of/from-Haruf,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph town;” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:5

Shemariah (verse 5): Revised Standard Version as well as most other versions use the shorter more familiar form of this name. The spelling in the Masoretic Text here is actually “Shemaryahu” (so Traduction œcuménique de la Bible, La Bible Pléiade; similarly Osty-Trinquet).

Shephatiah the Haruphite (verse 5): Shephatiah is the shorter more familiar form of this name, which most versions use. The spelling in the Masoretic Text here is actually “Shephatyahu” (so Traduction œcuménique de la Bible, La Bible Pléiade; similarly Osty-Trinquet). The Haruphite refers to Shephatiah. Haruphite probably refers to a place that is not known today. But it may refer to someone from the Calebite clan of Hareph (1 Chr 2.51). Revised Standard Version has followed the marginal correction in the Masoretic Text. The text itself reads “Hariphite.”

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 12:5

12:5a Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah

Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, (EEB)
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Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah,

12:5b and Shephatiah the Haruphite;

and Shephatiah, who was from Hariph. (EEB)
-or-
and Shephatiah {came to David at Ziklag.} Shephatiah came from ⌊the town called⌋ Haruph.

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