complete verse (1 Chronicles 27:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 27:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “Maharai who was from the house Zerah and came from Netopha was in charge of the tenth part. That one worked in the tenth month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “For the 10th month, Maharai a Netophathite descendant of Zerah was the 10th captain. There were 24,000 men in his group.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Maharai of/from-Netofa a descendant of Zera was the commander of the soldiers for tenth month. There were 24,000 soldiers in his group.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The commander for the following/tenth month was Maharai, a descendant of Zerah from Netophath town.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:13

Maharai of Netophah, of the Zerahites (verse 13): See 1 Chr 11.30. Of Netophah is literally “the Netophathite.” Parola Del Signore: La Bibbia in Lingua Corrente says “from the village of Netophah,” and Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje has “from the city of Netophah.” Netophah was located southeast of Bethlehem. For Zerahites see the comments on verse 11.

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 27:13

27:13a The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite.

⌊The commander in charge⌋ of the tenth division was Maharai. He served in the tenth month ⌊of the year⌋ . Maharai was from Netophah town. He was from the clan of Zerah.
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Maharai was responsible for the tenth troop during the tenth month ⌊of the year⌋ . Maharai was from the clan of Zerah. He came from Netophah ⌊village in Judah⌋ .

27:13b There were 24,000 men in his division.

Maharai supervised twenty-four thousand fighting men.
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Maharai was the chief/leader of twenty-four thousand (24,000) soldiers.

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