wisdom

The Hebrew, Aramaic, Ge’ez, Latin, and Greek that is translated as “wisdom” in English is rendered in various ways:

  • Amganad Ifugao / Tabasco Chontal: “(big) mind”
  • Bulu / Yamba: “heart-thinking”
  • Tae’: “cleverness of heart” (source for this and all above: Reiling / Swellengrebel)
  • Palauan: “bright spirit (innermost)” (source: Bratcher / Hatton)
  • Ixcatlán Mazatec: “with your best/biggest thinking” (source: Robert Bascom)
  • Noongar: dwangka-boola, lit. “ear much” (source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Nyunga language of Australia, 2018 — see also remember)
  • Kwere “to know how to live well” (source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
  • Dobel: “their ear holes are long-lasting” (in Acts 6:3) (source: Jock Hughes)
  • Gbaya: iŋa-mgbara-mɔ or “knowing-about-things” (note that in comparison to that, “knowledge” is translated as iŋa-mɔ or “knowing things”) (source: Philip Noss in The Bible Translator 2001, p. 114ff. )
  • Chichewa: nzeru, meaning both “knowledge” and “wisdom” (source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
  • Uma: “clearness” (source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Kako: “heart thinking” (source: Reyburn 2002, p. 190)

In Hungarian Sign Language it is translated with a hand gesture referring to God to indicate a human quality to communicate that wisdom does not originate from man but is linked to and connected with the fear of God (source: Jenjelvi Biblia and HSL Bible Translation Group):


“Wisdom” in Hungarian Sign Language (source )

See also wisdom (Proverbs) and knowledge.

Solomon

The name that is transliterated as “Solomon” in English means “peaceable,” “peace.” (Source: Cornwall / Smith 1997 )

It is translated in Spanish Sign Language with the sign for “wise” referring to 1 Kings 3:12. (Source: Steve Parkhurst)


“Solomon” in Spanish Sign Language, source: Sociedad Bíblica de España

For more information on translations of proper names with sign language see Sign Language Bible Translations Have Something to Say to Hearing Christians .

Click or tap here to see a short video clip about King Solomon (source: Bible Lands 2012)

Learn more on Bible Odyssey: Solomon .

complete verse (1 Kings 11:41)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 11:41:

  • Kupsabiny: “All other things that Solomon did and other words of wisdom were written in another book called the deeds/acts of Solomon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All the things that happened while Solomon was king, concerning all the work that he did and his wisdom, has been written in the Book of the History of Solomon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The other story concerning the reign of Solomon, and all he had-done, and about his wisdom, were-written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “A record of all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he said and wrote, was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 11:41

11:41a As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—

The other things that happened during Solomon’s rule/time, all that he did and his wise decisions,
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Everything else that Solomon did, his wise deeds and sayings as king ⌊of Israel⌋,

11:41b are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

are all written in the book which records the deeds of Solomon.
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they are all recorded in the book ⌊called⌋ the Records/Acts of Solomon.

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