The Hebrew that is typically translated as “guilt offering” in English is translated in Chol as “offerings for responsibility for sinning as well as for sinning itself.”
enjoy yourself, let your heart heart be merry
The Hebrew that is translated into English as “enjoy yourself” or “let your heart be merry” is translated with an expression in Chol that implies sex.
leaning on his spear
The Hebrew that is translated as “leaning on his spear” in English is translated in such a manner in Poqomchi’ that it implies that Saul was trying to kill himself.
angry (burned)
The Hebrew that is translated as “angry” in English (but can also mean “burned”) is translated in Chol with a term that implies disgust.
See also fury / furious.
harem
The Hebrew that is translated as “harem” in English is translated in North Alaskan Inupiatun as relating to a group of women rather than a place.
tear clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes
The Hebrew that is translated as “tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes” is translated in North Alaskan Inupiatun in a manner to make clear that this action indicates sadness and/or despair, not anger.
See also sackcloth and tearing clothes.
hanged
The Hebrew that is translated in English as “(let the 10 sons) . . . be hanged” is translated in North Alaskan Inupiatun in such a manner that it’s clear that the bodies which will be hanged, as the men are already dead (see Esther 9:10 and 12).
eyes flash
The Hebrew that is often translates as “eyes flash” in English is translated into Purepecha as “eyes flash with anger.”
