The Hebrew and Greek that is translated as “village” or “town” in English is translated in Noongar as karlamaya or “fire (used for “home“) + houses” (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang).
Translation commentary on Joshua 15:61 - 15:62
ELEVENTH (TWELFTH) DISTRICT: cities in the arid region of the eastern slopes, which reached down to the Jordan Valley. Engedi was about halfway down the length of the Dead Sea, on its west bank.
Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Newman, Barclay M. A Handbook on Joshua. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1983. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .
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