sandal (illustration)

The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “sandal” in English is illustrated for use in Bible translations in East Africa by Pioneer Bible Translators like this:

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See also untie sandals.

sandal / shoe

The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “sandal” or “shoe” similar in English is translated in Noongar as djena-bwoka or “feet kangaroo skin” (source: Bardip Ruth-Ang 2020) and in Mairasi as “foot thing” (source: Enggavoter 2004).

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

See also cloth.

complete verse (Deuteronomy 25:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 25:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “The home of that man will be known in Israel as, ‘The home of the man whose shoe was removed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In Israel that man’s family circle will be called ‘the sandal snatched family circle.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The household of this man will-be-called in Israel a household of man whose sandal was-taken-off.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Deuteronomy 25:10

This repeats what is said in verse 9.

House again means “family.”

Shall be called in Israel: that is, “will be known from that time on among the people of Israel”; or we may say “the people of Israel will call his family….”

The house of him that had his sandal pulled off: or “the family of the man who had his sandal pulled off” (Good News Translation; similarly Contemporary English Version).

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .