² tn Heb “mustered Aram.”

¹ tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

² tn That is, “mustered an army.”

² tn That is, “mustered an army.”

¹ tn Or “when the people were mustered.”

¹ tn Or “were summoned;” or “were mustered.”

³ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

¹ tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”

¹ tn Heb “and they mustered the troops, and look!”

¹ tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

¹ tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered 700 choice men.”

² tn Heb “and they mustered all who tied on a belt and upwards, and they stood at the border.”

¹ tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to muster up the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.

¹ tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

¹ tn Heb “passing by with respect to hundreds and thousands.” This apparently describes a mustering of troops for the purpose of inspection and readiness.

¹ tn Heb “So Saul mustered all his army for battle to go down to Keilah to besiege against David and his men.”

² tn The verb פָּקַד (paqad) means “to visit” (also “to appoint; to muster; to number”). When God visits, it means that he intervenes in one’s life for blessing or cursing (punishing, destroying).

⁴ tn The temporal clause uses a preposition, an infinitive construct, and then an accusative. The subject is supplied: “in numbering them” means “when [you] number them.” The verb could also be rendered “when you muster them.”

¹ tn The verb (פָּקַד, paqad) means “to visit, appoint, muster, number.” The word is a common one in scripture. It has as its basic meaning the idea of “determining the destiny” of someone, by appointing, mustering, or visiting. When God “visits,” it is a divine intervention for either blessing or cursing. Here it is the taking of a census for war (see G. André, Determining the Destiny [ConBOT], 16).

³ tn The precise meaning of the verb is uncertain. The Pual of of פָּקַד (paqad) occurs only here and in Exod 38:21, where it appears to mean “passed in review” or “mustered.” Perhaps the idea is, “I have been called away for the remainder of my years.” To bring out the sense more clearly, one can translate, “I am deprived of the rest of my years.”