Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Est 8:9) | 3 tn Heb “it was written”; this passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.50) | (Ezr 2:62) | 2 tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.50) | (Rut 3:3) | 1 tn The perfect with prefixed vav (ו) consecutive here introduces a series of instructions. See GKC 335 §112.aa for other examples of this construction. |
| (0.50) | (Rut 2:10) | 4 tn Heb “Why do I find favor in your eyes by [you] recognizing me.” The infinitive construct with prefixed ל (lamed) here indicates manner (“by”). |
| (0.50) | (Jdg 11:25) | 1 tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation. |
| (0.50) | (Jdg 6:26) | 1 tn Possibly “in a row” or “in a layer,” perhaps referring to the arrangement of the stones used in the altar’s construction. |
| (0.50) | (Num 36:2) | 1 tn The infinitive construct “to give” serves here as the complement or object of the verb, answering what the Lord had commanded Moses. |
| (0.50) | (Num 30:2) | 1 tn The legal construction states the class to which the law applies, and then lays down the condition: “men [man]—if….” |
| (0.50) | (Num 18:6) | 2 tn The infinitive construct in this sentence is from עָבַד (ʿavad), and so is the noun that serves as its object: to serve the service. |
| (0.50) | (Num 16:31) | 2 tn The infinitive construct with the preposition ל (lamed) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished. |
| (0.50) | (Num 14:40) | 1 tn The verb וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ (vayyashkimu) is often found in a verbal hendiadys construction: “They rose early…and they went up” means “they went up early.” |
| (0.50) | (Num 14:19) | 2 tn The construct unit is “the greatness of your loyal love.” This is the genitive of specification, the first word being the modifier. |
| (0.50) | (Num 13:26) | 1 tn The construction literally has “and they went and they entered,” which may be smoothed out as a verbal hendiadys, the one verb modifying the other. |
| (0.50) | (Num 9:21) | 3 tn The construction in this half of the verse uses two vav (ו) consecutive clauses. The first is subordinated to the second as a temporal clause: “when…then….” |
| (0.50) | (Num 9:4) | 2 tn The infinitive construct functions as the direct object of the preceding verb (a Hebrew complementary usage), answering the question of what he said. |
| (0.50) | (Num 8:17) | 1 tn The idiomatic “on the day of” precedes the infinitive construct of נָכָה (nakhah) to form the temporal clause: “in the day of my striking…” becomes “when I struck.” |
| (0.50) | (Num 7:5) | 3 tn The sentence uses the infinitive construct expressing purpose, followed by its cognate accusative: “[that they may be] for doing the work of” (literally, “serving the service of”). |
| (0.50) | (Num 7:10) | 5 tn The adverbial clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct as the main verb. The word is the well-known מָשַׁח (mashakh, “to anoint, smear”). |
| (0.50) | (Num 4:15) | 4 tn The form is the Qal infinitive construct from נָשָׂא (nasaʾ, “to lift, carry”); here it indicates the purpose clause after the verb “come.” |
| (0.50) | (Num 4:15) | 2 tn The Piel infinitive construct with the preposition serves as the direct object of the preceding verbal form, answering the question of what it was that they finished. |
