Discovery Box| (0.58) | (Exo 13:2) | 3 tn Heb “to me it.” The preposition here expresses possession; the construction is simply “it [is, belongs] to me.” |
| (0.58) | (Exo 5:2) | 4 tn The Piel infinitive construct here has the epexegetical usage with lamed (ל); it explains the verb “obey.” |
| (0.58) | (Gen 41:12) | 2 tn Heb “a servant to the captain of the guards.” On this construction see GKC 419-20 §129.c. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 39:12) | 2 tn Heb “he fled and he went out.” The construction emphasizes the point that Joseph got out of there quickly. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 27:30) | 1 tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 26:13) | 2 tn Heb “and he went, going and becoming great.” The construction stresses that his growth in possessions and power continued steadily. |
| (0.58) | (Gen 22:8) | 1 tn Heb “will see for himself.” The construction means “to look out for; to see to it; to provide.” |
| (0.58) | (Gen 18:13) | 2 tn The Hebrew construction uses both הַאַף (haʾaf) and אֻמְנָם (ʾumnam): “Indeed, truly, will I have a child?” |
| (0.51) | (Pro 31:3) | 3 tn The construction uses Qal infinitive construct לַמְחוֹת (lamekhot, “to wipe out; to blot out; to destroy”). The construction is somewhat strange, and so some interpreters suggest changing it to מֹחוֹת (mokhot, “destroyers of kings”); cf. BDB 562 s.v. מָחָה Qal.3. Commentators note that the form is close to an Aramaic word that means “concubine,” and an Arabic word that is an indelicate description for women. |
| (0.50) | (Jud 1:24) | 1 tn The construction in Greek is a double accusative object-complement. “You” is the object and “free from falling” is the adjectival complement. |
| (0.50) | (Jud 1:24) | 3 tn The construction in Greek is a double accusative object-complement. “You” is the object and “without blemish” is the adjectival complement. |
| (0.50) | (Heb 8:10) | 3 tn Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31. |
| (0.50) | (Heb 2:13) | 2 tn Grk “behold, I,” but this construction often means “here is/there is” (cf. BDAG 468 s.v. ἰδού 2). |
| (0.50) | (2Th 1:5) | 1 tn Grk “so that you may be made worthy.” The passive infinitive καταξιωθῆναι (kataxiōthēnai) has been translated as an active construction in English for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.50) | (2Th 2:9) | 1 tn Grk “whose coming,” referring to the lawless one. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek construction, a new sentence was started here in the translation. |
| (0.50) | (2Th 1:9) | 2 tn Or “power,” or “might.” The construction can also be translated as an attributed genitive: “from his glorious strength” (cf. TEV “glorious might”; CEV “glorious strength”; NLT “glorious power”). |
| (0.50) | (Col 3:12) | 1 tn If the genitive construct σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (splanchna oiktirmou) is a hendiadys then it would be “compassion” or “tenderheartedness.” See M. J. Harris, Colossians and Philemon (EGGNT), 161. |
| (0.50) | (Col 2:8) | 1 tn The Greek construction here is somewhat difficult and can be literally rendered “Be careful, lest someone shall be the one who takes you captive.” |
| (0.50) | (Col 1:15) | 3 tn The genitive construction πάσης κτίσεως (pasēs ktiseōs) is a genitive of subordination and is therefore translated as “over all creation.” See ExSyn 103-4. |
| (0.50) | (Phi 4:5) | 1 tn Grk “let your gentleness be seen by all.” The passive voice construction has been converted to active voice in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
