complete verse (1 Chronicles 12:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 12:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “and Joelah and his brother Zebadiah who (plur.) were sons of Jeroham who came from Gedor.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Joela and Zebadia the children of Jeroham of/from-Gedor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor town.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 12:7

Gedor (verse 7) was a town in Judah (Josh 15.58). Some Hebrew manuscripts and the Aramaic translation read gedud (“troop”). Some interpreters suggest that the Hebrew words translated from Gedor (min hagdor) may have accidentally been added to the text when a scribe unintentionally repeated the words min haggadi (“From the Gadites”) from the beginning of the next verse. If Gedor is a town in the territory of Judah, rather than of Benjamin, such a correction would eliminate the surprising mention of warriors from Judah among a list of warriors from the tribe of Benjamin. But the Masoretic Text should be followed here since there is no textual evidence for such a change. New Century Version provides a model for some languages, adding a classifier term and translating “the town of Gedor.”

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 12:7

12:7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor town. (EEB)
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Joelah and Zebadiah {came to David at Ziklag.} Their father was Jeroham from ⌊the town called⌋ Gedor.

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