daughter of

The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “daughter of” in English is translated in all Icelandic Bible versions of the Icelandic Bible Society (latest edition 2007) in parallel with the Icelandic patronymic or matronymic naming system . This means that for instance in Luke 2:36 the name that is transliterated and translated in English as “Anna the daughter of Phanuel” becomes “Anna Fanúelsdóttir” or in Jeremiah 52:1 “Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah” becomes “Hamútal Jeremíadóttir” where in both cases the “-óttir” means “daughter of.

In cases where “daughter of” does not refer to a literal father or perhaps stepfather but to lineage (or is uncertain), however, this system is not used. So in 1 Chronicles 1:50 “Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab” is translated as “Mehetabeel, dóttir Matredar, dóttur Mesahabs.” (Source: Halldór Elías Guðmundsson)

See also son of.

Translation commentary on Judith 16:6

The Lord Almighty has foiled them: For a comment on the translation of Lord Almighty, see 4.13. Good News Translation‘s “tricked” (foiled) is the word that Bagoas yelled out in 14.18 when he discovered Holofernes’ headless corpse. It will be helpful to identify them as “Assyrian soldiers”; for example, “But the Lord Almighty tricked the Assyrians.”

By the hand of a woman: “He used a woman to stop them” (Good News Translation) correctly gets across the meaning of this clause, but some may wish to try to keep by the hand of a woman since this phrase is a climax for the frequent image of hand in the book (see the note at 8.33). A woman refers to Judith. With this verse the psalm shifts from the first person singular to the third person to refer to Judith. Compare Jdg 5.7, 12, where Deborah speaks to herself in the second person as she sings. The first person will resume in verse 11. On this matter, see the note above at 16.5.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Judith. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.