the organization of work (image)

Click here to see the image in higher resolution.

Image taken from the Wiedmann Bible. For more information about the images and ways to adopt them, see here .

For other images of Willy Wiedmann paintings in TIPs, see here.

son of

The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “son of” in English is translated in all Icelandic Bible versions of the Icelandic Bible Society (latest edition 2007) in parallel with the Icelandic naming system . This means that for instance in Matthew 16:17 the name that is transliterated and translated in English as “Simon son of Jonah” becomes “Simon Jónasson” or in Isaiah 8:2 “Zechariah son of Jeberechiah” becomes “Sakaría Jeberekíason” where in both cases the “-son” means “son of.”

In cases where “son of” does not refer to a literal father or perhaps stepfather but to lineage, however, this system is not used. So in Matthew 1:1 “Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham” is translated as “Jesú Krists, sonar Davíðs, sonar Abrahams.”

The referenced verses all have at least one instance where the Icelandic patronymic or matronymic naming system is used. (Source: Halldór Elías Guðmundsson)

See also daughter of

complete verse (Nehemiah 3:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 3:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Next was Binnui son of Henadad is the one who built another section of the wall beginning from the house of Azariah to the corner of the wall.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Next was Binui the child of Henadad. He built the portion of the stone-wall from the house of Azaria as-far-as the corner of the wall. This is the second portion of the stone-wall that he built.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Next to him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired a section, from Azariah’s house to where the wall turns a bit.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Nehemiah 3:24

Binnui the son of Henadad was mentioned in verse 18 above as building a section of the wall and again here as building another section, which is literally “second section” (so rendered by Revised English Bible). Binnui appears both among the Levites and the priests without any explanation in the text. These would have been two different people with the same name.

For the Angle, see the comment at verse 19. Although Good News Translation has combined to the Angle and “to the corner” from the next verse into a single phrase (“to the corner of the wall”), translators should express both concepts. Possible translation models are “to the escarpment and to the corner of the wall” and “to the buttress and to the turning of the wall.”

Quoted with permission from Noss, Philip A. and Thomas, Kenneth J. A Handbook on Nehemiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2005. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .