Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Eze 35:2) | 2 sn Mount Seir is to be identified with Edom (Ezek 35:15), home of Esau’s descendants (Gen 25:21-30). |
| (0.50) | (Jer 41:12) | 1 tn Heb “the many [or great] waters.” This is generally identified with the pool of Gibeon mentioned in 2 Sam 2:13. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 27:19) | 4 tn The words “movable bronze” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to help identify the referent. See the study note for further reference. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 27:19) | 2 tn The words “two bronze” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to help identify the referent. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 27:19) | 3 tn The words “the large bronze basin called” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to help identify the referent. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 14:20) | 1 sn For a longer example of an individual identifying with the nation and confessing their sins and the sins of their forefathers, see Ps 106. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 5:10) | 1 tn These words to not appear in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for the sake of clarity to identify the implied addressee. |
| (0.50) | (Isa 48:16) | 2 sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15. |
| (0.50) | (Job 28:18) | 2 tn In Lam 4:7 these are described as red, and so have been identified as rubies (so NIV) or corals. |
| (0.50) | (Job 27:14) | 1 tn R. Gordis (Job, 294) identifies this as a breviloquence. Cf. Ps 92:8 where the last two words also constitute the apodosis. |
| (0.50) | (Neh 9:9) | 1 tn Heb “the Sea of Reeds.” Traditionally this is identified as the Red Sea, and the modern designation has been used in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.50) | (Exo 27:1) | 1 tn The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 42:27) | 1 tn Heb “and the one.” The article indicates that the individual is vivid in the mind of the narrator, yet it is not important to identify him by name. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 19:18) | 1 tn Or “my lords.” See the following note on the problem of identifying the addressee here. The Hebrew term is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay). |
| (0.50) | (Gen 15:21) | 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. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 10:8) | 1 tn Heb “fathered.” Embedded within Cush’s genealogy is an account of Nimrod, a mighty warrior. There have been many attempts to identify him, but none are convincing. |
| (0.50) | (Gen 2:7) | 2 tn The line literally reads “And Yahweh God formed the man, soil, from the ground.” “Soil” is an adverbial accusative, identifying the material from which the man was made. |
| (0.47) | (Jer 48:40) | 1 tn Heb “Behold! Like an eagle he will swoop and will spread his wings against Moab.” The sentence has been reordered in English to give a better logical flow, and the unidentified “he” has been identified as “a nation.” The nation is, of course, Babylon, but it is nowhere identified, so the referent has been left ambiguous. |
| (0.47) | (Jer 48:40) | 1 sn Conquering nations are often identified with an eagle flying swiftly to swoop down on its victims (cf. Deut 28:49). In this case the eagle is to be identified with the nation (or king) of Babylon (cf. Ezek 17:3, 12, where reference is to the removal of Jehoiachin [Jeconiah] and his replacement with Zedekiah). |
| (0.47) | (Jer 12:4) | 4 tn Heb “he.” The referent is usually identified as God and is supplied here for clarity. Some identify the referent with Jeremiah. If that is the case, then he returns to his complaint about the conspirators. It is more likely, however, that it refers to God and Jeremiah’s complaint that the people live their lives apart from concern about God. |
