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.

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.

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 .