¹ tn The definite article is translated here as a possessive pronoun.

¹ tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.

¹ sn The Lord is definitely speaking (again?) at this point. See the note at v. 4.

³ tn The definite article is used here as a demonstrative, clarifying the reference to Agur.

¹ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

¹ tn The definite article here is the generic use; it simply refers to a group of shepherds.

¹ tn Or “Adam”; however, the Hebrew term has the definite article here.

¹ sn There is irony here. How can Festus write anything definite about Paul, if he is guilty of nothing.

¹ tn Although βασιλεύς (basileus) lacks the article it is definite due to contextual and syntactical considerations. See ExSyn 263.

¹ tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Or perhaps, “his oxen.” On this use of the definite article see Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

¹ tn The article indicates that the “young man” was definite in the mind of the writer, but indefinite in English.

¹ tn In the Hebrew text the noun has no definite article, and so it signifies “some” or “certain” men.

¹ tn The definite article here has the generic use, indicating the class—“fish” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 19, §92).

¹ tn The definite article τοῖς (tois) was taken as a possessive pronoun, i.e., “your,” since it refers to a part of the physical body.

² tn The definite article on הֶחָכָם (hekhakham, “wise man”) may be taken in an individualizing (“the wise man”) or generic sense (“a wise man”).

³ tn The second participle is simply coordinated to the first and therefore does not need the definite article repeated (see GKC 404 §126.b).

¹ tn This name has the definite article and may be intended to refer to a group of people rather than a single individual with this name.

¹ tn Each of the names in the list has the Hebrew definite article, which is used here generically for the class of people identified.

¹ tn Heb “the fugitive.” The article carries a generic force or indicates that this fugitive is definite in the mind of the speaker.