Noah

The Hebrew, Latin; Ge’ez and Greek that is transliterated as “Noah” in English is translated in Spanish Sign Language with a sign that combines the letter N + “boat.” (Source: Steve Parkhurst)


“Noah” 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 .

The following is a stained glass window depicting Noah by Endre Odon Hevezi and Gyula Bajo from 1965 for the Debre Libanos Monastery, Oromia, Ethiopia:

Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves, hosted by Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

Stained glass is not just highly decorative, it’s a medium which has been used to express important religious messages for centuries. Literacy was not widespread in the medieval and Renaissance periods and the Church used stained glass and other artworks to teach the central beliefs of Christianity. In Gothic churches, the windows were filled with extensive narrative scenes in stained glass — like huge and colorful picture storybooks — in which worshipers could ‘read’ the stories of Christ and the saints and learn what was required for their religious salvation. (Source: Victoria and Albert Museum )

Learn more on Bible Odyssey: Noah .

complete verse (Genesis 8:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:18:

  • Kankanaey: “So it was that plural Noe who were a family-unit came-out,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So Noah came out of the ship along with his sons, wife, and daughters in law.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So Noe went-out with his wife, male children and daughters-in-law.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Noah left the boat, along with his wife and his sons and their wives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Genesis 8:18

So Noah went forth is the carrying out of the command given by God to Noah in verse 16.

And his sons … wives with him: see 6.18.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .