Discovery Box| (0.37) | (Job 2:11) | 4 tn The verb can mean that they “agreed together,” but it also (and more likely) means that they came together at a meeting point to go visit Job together. |
| (0.37) | (Neh 5:17) | 2 tn Or “from the Gentiles.” The same Hebrew word can refer to “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” Cf. the phrase in 6:16. |
| (0.37) | (2Ch 22:2) | 3 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1. |
| (0.37) | (1Ki 12:9) | 1 tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here. |
| (0.37) | (1Ki 8:27) | 1 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect. |
| (0.37) | (1Ki 1:2) | 3 tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד). |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 14:16) | 2 tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here. |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 12:11) | 4 tn Heb “will lie down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations. |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 11:11) | 1 tn Heb “lie with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations. |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 11:4) | 3 tn Heb “he lay down with her.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations. |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 14:50) | 1 sn The word “uncle” can modify either Abner or Ner. See the note on the word “son” in v. 51 for further discussion. |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 1:13) | 1 tn The Hebrew word לֵב (lev) can refer to the seat of the emotions, will, and intellect and may be translated as “heart” or “mind.” |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 14:12) | 1 tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].” |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 11:37) | 2 tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity—I and my friends.” |
| (0.37) | (Deu 32:42) | 1 tn Or “head” (the same Hebrew word can mean “head” in the sense of “leader, chieftain” or “head” in the sense of body part). |
| (0.37) | (Deu 22:22) | 1 tn Heb “lying down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations. |
| (0.37) | (Num 36:4) | 1 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) is most often translated “to be,” but it can also mean “to happen, to take place, to come to pass,” etc. |
| (0.37) | (Num 34:17) | 1 tn The verb can be translated simply as “divide,” but it has more the idea of allocate as an inheritance, the related noun being “inheritance.” |
| (0.37) | (Num 23:20) | 2 sn The reference is probably to the first speech, where the Lord blessed Israel. Balaam knows that there is nothing he can do to reverse what God has said. |
| (0.37) | (Num 23:10) | 2 tn The perfect tense can also be classified as a potential nuance. It does not occur very often, but does occur several times. |
