Discovery Box| (0.57) | (Exo 23:20) | 5 tn The form is the Hiphil perfect of the verb כּוּן (kun, “to establish, prepare”). |
| (0.57) | (Exo 15:17) | 3 tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place. |
| (0.57) | (Exo 14:5) | 2 tn The verb must be given a past perfect translation because the fleeing occurred before the telling. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 48:4) | 2 tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive carries on the certain future idea. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 47:24) | 1 tn The perfect form with the vav (ו) consecutive is equivalent to an imperfect of instruction here. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 47:23) | 1 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive is equivalent to a command here. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 45:13) | 1 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive here expresses instruction. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 43:7) | 2 tn The infinitive absolute with the perfect verbal form emphasizes that Joseph questioned them thoroughly. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 34:17) | 2 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 34:16) | 1 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav (ו) consecutive introduces the apodosis of the conditional sentence. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 31:30) | 3 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the degree of emotion involved. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 31:30) | 2 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the perfect verbal form to emphasize the certainty of the action. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 21:7) | 2 tn The perfect form of the verb is used here to describe a hypothetical situation. |
| (0.57) | (Gen 9:3) | 3 tn The perfect verb form describes the action that accompanies the declaration. |
| (0.51) | (Lam 2:15) | 3 tn Heb “perfection of beauty.” The noun יֹפִי (yofi, “beauty”) functions as a genitive of respect in relation to the preceding construct noun: Jerusalem was perfect in respect to its physical beauty. |
| (0.51) | (Jer 50:2) | 5 tn The verbs here are all in the tense that views the actions as though they were already done (the Hebrew prophetic perfect). The verbs in the next verse are a mixture of prophetic perfects and imperfects that announce future actions. |
| (0.51) | (Ecc 9:14) | 2 tn The two perfect tense verbs וְסָבַב (vesavav, “he besieged”) and וּבָנָה (uvanah, “he built”) may be taken in a complementary sense, qualifying the action of the main perfect tense verb וּבָא (uvaʾ, “he attacked it”). |
| (0.51) | (Pro 31:28) | 2 tn The verb (קָמוּ; qamu) is the perfect form of a dynamic verb and should be understood as past tense or perfective. It is implied that her children have done this on more than one occasion. |
| (0.51) | (Pro 31:22) | 2 tn The verb (עָשְׂתָה; ʿasetah) is the Hebrew perfect form of a dynamic verb. It contains background material in a causal clause and so is past perfect in English translation. |
| (0.51) | (Pro 30:16) | 4 tn Most translations make the verb present tense (KJV, ESV, Holman, NASB, NIV). As the perfect form of a dynamic root, אָמְרָה (ʾamerah) should be understood as past or perfective, a fact known from past experience which is prototypical. |
