1 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
2 tn Heb “they will deliver him over to the sword.” The third masculine plural subject must be indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f) and the singular pronominal suffix either representative or distributive (emphasizing that each one will be so treated). Active verbs with indefinite subjects may be translated as passives with the object (in the Hebrew text) as subject (in the translation).
3 tn Heb “they will be [the] portion of jackals”; traditionally, “of foxes.”
