Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Jos 6:15) | 2 tn Heb “and they went around the city according to this manner seven times, only on that day they went around the city seven times.” |
| (0.30) | (Num 22:35) | 2 tn The Hebrew word order is a little more emphatic than this: “but only the word which I speak to you, it you shall speak.” |
| (0.30) | (Num 14:14) | 2 tn “Face-to-face” is literally “eye to eye.” It only occurs elsewhere in Isa 52:8. This expresses the closest communication possible. |
| (0.30) | (Num 6:3) | 3 tn This word occurs only here. It may come from the word “to water, to be moist,” and so refer to juice. |
| (0.30) | (Lev 26:43) | 5 tn Heb “because and in because,” a double expression, which is used only here and in Ezek 13:10 (without the vav) for emphasis (GKC 492 §158.b). |
| (0.30) | (Lev 25:14) | 4 tn Heb “do not oppress a man his brother.” Here “brother” does not refer only to a sibling, but to a fellow Israelite. |
| (0.30) | (Lev 22:16) | 2 sn That is, when the lay people eat portions of offerings that should have been eaten only by priests and those who belonged to priestly households. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 23:26) | 2 sn No one will die prematurely; this applies to the individual or the nation. The plan of God to bless was extensive, if only the people would obey. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 23:7) | 2 tn Heb “a false matter,” this expression in this context would have to be a case in law that was false or that could only be won by falsehood. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 15:16) | 5 tn Clauses beginning with עַד (ʿad) express a limit that is not absolute, but only relative, beyond which the action continues (GKC 446-47 §138.g). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 9:3) | 2 tn The word דֶּבֶר (dever) is usually translated “pestilence” when it applies to diseases for humans. It is used only here and in Ps 78:50 for animals. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 42:38) | 2 sn The expression he alone is left meant that (so far as Jacob knew) Benjamin was the only surviving child of his mother Rachel. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 41:15) | 4 tn Heb “you hear a dream to interpret it,” which may mean, “you only have to hear a dream to be able to interpret it.” |
| (0.30) | (Gen 40:6) | 1 tn The verb זָעַף (zaʿaf) only occurs here and Dan 1:10. It means “to be sick, to be emaciated,” probably in this case because of depression. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 14:3) | 1 tn Heb “all these,” referring only to the last five kings named. The referent has been specified as “these last five kings” in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Gen 6:17) | 3 tn The verb שָׁחָת (shakhat, “to destroy”) is repeated yet again, only now in an infinitival form expressing the purpose of the flood. |
| (0.28) | (Act 1:21) | 1 tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anēr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, where a successor to Judas is being chosen, only men were under consideration in the original historical context. |
| (0.28) | (Luk 22:17) | 2 sn Then he took a cup. Only Luke mentions two cups at this meal; the other synoptic gospels (Matt, Mark) mention only one. This is the first of the two. It probably refers to the first cup in the traditional Passover meal, which today has four cups (although it is debated whether the fourth cup was used in the 1st century). |
| (0.28) | (Luk 18:18) | 2 sn Only Luke states this man is a leader (cf. the parallels in Matt 19:16-22 and Mark 10:17-22, where the questioner is described only as “someone”). He is probably a civic leader of some kind, a leader in the society. |
| (0.28) | (Luk 17:10) | 1 tn Some translations describe the slaves as “worthless” (NRSV) or “unworthy” (NASB, NIV) but that is not Jesus’ point. These disciples have not done anything deserving special commendation or praise (L&N 33.361), but only what would normally be expected of a slave in such a situation (thus the translation “we have only done what was our duty”). |
