² tn Grk “the day did not shine [with respect to] the third of it.”

¹ tn This is also a third class condition in the Greek text.

¹ sn The psalmist probably refers to himself in the third person here.

² tn Heb “then they will offer up bulls.” The third plural subject is indefinite.

¹ sn The third year of Xerxes’ reign would be ca. 483 b.c.

¹ tn Heb “and the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun.”

¹ tn Heb “and it was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.”

³ tn The pronominal suffix is third masculine plural, indicating that the antecedent “humankind” is collective.

² tn The third person suffix on the particle אֵת (ʾet) is singular here, but collective.

² tn The vav prefixed to וְיַעֲשֵׂם (v^eyaʿasem, conjunction plus Qal imperfect third person masculine singular from עָשַׂה, ʿasah, “to do” plus third person masculine plural suffix) functions in an explanatory or epexegetical sense (“For…”).

² tn The pronoun appears to be third person masculine plural in form, but it is probably an archaic third person dual form (see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther [WBC], 94).

¹ tc The third person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as third person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).

² tc The LXX, Smr, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read a third person masculine plural suffix for the MT’s third person masculine singular, “his descendants.” Cf. Deut 10:15. Quite likely the MT should be emended in this instance.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the summons by the third creature.

³ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. Jesus had this experience already in 20:1-8.

² tn Both the “if” clause in this verse and the “if” clause in v. 4 are third class conditions in Greek.

² tn Grk “they throw it out.” The third person plural with unspecified subject is a circumlocution for the passive here.

² tn Grk “they will give”; that is, “pour.” The third person plural has been replaced by the passive in the translation.

² sn Three days means there was one day out, another day back, and a third day of looking in Jerusalem.

¹ tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).