The Hebrew and Greek that is transliterated as “Ephraim” in English is translated in Spanish Sign Language with the sign for “palm tree” referring to the palm of Deborah in the land of Ephraim (see Judges 4:5. (Source: Steve Parkhurst)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 27:14:
Kupsabiny: “Benaiah who came from Pirathon and was from the clan of Ephraim was in charge of the eleventh part. Those soldiers worked in the eleventh month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “For the 11th month, Benaiah the Pirathonite of the lineage of Ephraim was the 11th captain. There were 24,000 men in his group.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Benaya of/from-Piraton a descendant of Efraim was the commander of the soldiers for 11th month. There were 24,000 soldiers in his group.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “The commander for the following/eleventh month was Benaiah from Pirathon town in the tribe of Ephraim.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Benaiah of Pirathon, of the sons of Ephraim (verse 14): See 1 Chr 11.31. Of Pirathon is literally “the Pirathonite.” Parola Del Signore: La Bibbia in Lingua Corrente says “from the village of Pirathon,” and Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje has “from the city of Pirathon.” Of the sons of Ephraim may be rendered “in the territory of the tribe of Ephraim” (Good News Translation, Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje).
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 .
27:14a The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite.
⌊The commander in charge⌋ of the eleventh division was Benaiah. He served in the eleventh month ⌊of the year⌋ . Benaiah was from Pirithon ⌊town⌋ . He was from the tribe of Ephraim. -or-
Benaiah was responsible for the eleventh troop during the eleventh month ⌊of the year⌋ . Benaiah was from the clan of Ephraim. He came from Pirathon ⌊town/village⌋ .
27:14b There were 24,000 men in his division.
Benaiah supervised twenty-four thousand fighting men. -or-
Benaiah was the chief/leader of twenty-four thousand (24,000) soldiers.
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