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Translation record
Mark 15
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mark.15.m15Golgotha
Γολγοθᾶν ... Κρανίου Τόπος
LANGUAGECULTURETRANSLATIONhigh confidence
How should Mark’s place-name and explanation appear?
Mark preserves the Semitic name Golgotha and then translates its meaning for Greek readers.
Why this default
‘Golgotha, which is translated “Place of a Skull”’ is default because Mark deliberately retains the Semitic place-name and supplies its meaning for Greek readers. Either name alone removes one of those two textual layers; the compact bilingual option alters the explanatory syntax.
Evidence
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InternalThe decision record relies on the stated lexical, grammatical, or translation rationale.
Project defaultGolgotha, which is translated ‘Place of a Skull’
Project default · both layers
Alternativethe Place of the Skull
Meaning only
AlternativeGolgotha—the Skull Place
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