fine leather

The Hebrew that is translated as “fine leather” or “badger/porpoise skin” in English is translated in Kutu as ng’hwembe ya mhala or “skins of bushbuck” (for bushbuck, see here ). (Source: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)

In Yao, it is translated as “soft leather of a big sea animal.” (Source: UBS, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)

The English Jewish Orthodox ArtScroll Tanakh translation (publ. 2011) transliterates it as tachash-hide. (Source: Zetzsche)

See also fine leather.

Translation commentary on Exod 36:19

This verse is identical with 26.14, with the verb “you shall make” changed to And he made. But again Revised Standard Version is a mistranslation of the Hebrew, which refers to two separate coverings, not just one. (See the comment there.)

Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .