Articles TWFTW Bible Translators
The Word for the World Bible Translators is dedicated to eradicating Bible poverty by empowering local communities to lead the translation of Scripture into their own heart languages. The following articles explore various topics related to Bible translation and TWFTW, as well as highlighting how indigenous-led translation strategies, and modern digital distribution tools are transforming lives, strengthening local churches, and ensuring God's Word is fully accessible to unreached language groups across the globe.
What is Hesed? The Hebrew Word That Changed How We Understand Love
Mercy, love, kindness, compassion, faithfulness, grace, beauty, devotion, friendship, benevolence – these are all quite different words, aren’t they? It may surprise you to know that they are all translations of one Hebrew word, ‘Hesed’ – and that sometimes all these variations can even be found in the same translation of the Bible!
What is Selah?
But why is ‘Selah’, which appears 74 times in the Hebrew Bible, never translated? Well, the short answer is, no one actually knows what it means! Even the ancient translators of the Septuagint (translated around 130 BC) were stumped, translating it, rather unhelpfully, as ‘apart from psalm.’