Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Deu 14:15) | 3 tn The Hebrew term נֵץ (nets) may refer to the falcon or perhaps the hawk (so NEB, NIV). |
| (0.35) | (Num 22:33) | 1 tc Many commentators consider אוּלַי (ʾulay, “perhaps”) to be a misspelling in the MT in place of לוּלֵי (luley, “if not”). |
| (0.35) | (Lev 25:42) | 2 tn Or perhaps reflexive Niphal rather than passive, “they shall not sell themselves [as in] a slave sale.” |
| (0.35) | (Lev 25:10) | 1 tn Heb “the year of the fifty years,” or perhaps “the year, fifty years” (GKC 435 §134.o, note 2). |
| (0.35) | (Lev 15:10) | 1 tn Heb “which shall be under him.” The verb is perhaps a future perfect, “which shall have been.” |
| (0.35) | (Lev 14:45) | 2 tn Once again, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have the plural verb, perhaps to be rendered passive, “shall be brought.” |
| (0.35) | (Exo 9:18) | 3 tn The form הִוָּסְדָה (hivvasedah) is perhaps a rare Niphal perfect and not an infinitive (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 117). |
| (0.35) | (Gen 32:2) | 2 sn The name Mahanaim apparently means “two camps.” Perhaps the two camps were those of God and of Jacob. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 31:3) | 1 tn Or perhaps “ancestors” (so NRSV), although the only “ancestors” Jacob had there were his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 16:2) | 3 tn Heb “perhaps I will be built from her.” Sarai hopes to have a family established through this surrogate mother. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 10:11) | 4 sn The name Rehoboth Ir means “and broad streets of a city,” perhaps referring to a suburb of Nineveh. |
| (0.30) | (1Ti 4:14) | 2 sn These prophetic words perhaps spoke of what God would do through Timothy in his ministry (cf. 1 Tim 1:18). |
| (0.30) | (Act 22:23) | 2 sn Their cloaks. The outer garment, or cloak, was taken off and laid aside to leave the arms free (perhaps in this case as preparation for throwing stones). |
| (0.30) | (Act 17:27) | 2 sn Perhaps grope around for him and find him. The pagans’ struggle to know God is the point here. Conscience alone is not good enough. |
| (0.30) | (Joh 13:19) | 1 tn Or (perhaps) “I am certainly telling you this.” According to BDF §12.3 ἀπ᾿ ἄρτι (ap’ arti) should be read as ἀπαρτί (aparti), meaning “exactly, certainly.” |
| (0.30) | (Luk 11:33) | 1 tn Or perhaps “in a cellar” (L&N 28.78). The point is that the light of Jesus’ teaching has been put in public view. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 10:19) | 1 tn Or perhaps, “trample on” (which emphasizes the impact of the feet on the snakes). See L&N 15.226. |
| (0.30) | (Mar 15:35) | 1 sn Perhaps the crowd thought Jesus was calling for Elijah because the exclamation “my God, my God” (i.e., in Aramaic, Eloi, Eloi) sounds like the name Elijah. |
| (0.30) | (Mar 4:21) | 1 sn The lamp is probably an ancient oil burning lamp or perhaps a candlestick. Jesus is comparing revelation to light, particularly the revelation of his ministry. |
| (0.30) | (Hab 2:9) | 2 sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it. |
