Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Dan 11:36) | 3 tn Heb “has been done.” The Hebrew verb used here is the perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of fulfillment. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 25:36) | 1 tn Heb “their pastures,” i.e., the place where they “shepherd” their “flocks.” The verb tenses in this section are not as clear as in the preceding. The participle in this verse is followed by a vav consecutive perfect, like the imperatives in v. 34. The verbs in v. 38 are perfects, but they can be and probably should be understood as prophetic, like the perfect in v. 31 (נְתָנָם, netanam), which is surrounded by imperfects, participles, and vav consecutive perfects. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 13:17) | 4 tn The verb is once again in the form of “as good as done” (the Hebrew prophetic perfect). |
| (0.50) | (Isa 53:1) | 1 tn The perfect has a hypothetical force in this rhetorical question. For another example, see Gen 21:7. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 13:1) | 3 tn Heb “has not listened.” The perfect verb has been chosen to emphasize the past pattern of the scoffer. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 8:35) | 1 tc The Kethib reads the verb as a plural participle: “the one who finds me are finders of life.” The LXX reads a plural subject: “those who find me.” But the Hebrew Qere reads a singular perfect verb. The next verb is a preterite, which commonly follows the perfect but very rarely a participle. The perfect form of a dynamic verb should be translated as past or perfective. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 8:35) | 2 tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive continues the time frame of the perfect verb that came before it. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 5:11) | 2 tn The form is the perfect tense with the vav consecutive; it is equal to a specific future within this context. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 129:8) | 1 tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 64:7) | 2 tn The perfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s certitude about the coming demise of the wicked. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 46:9) | 3 tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries along the generalizing emphasis of the preceding imperfect. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 29:10) | 2 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here carries the descriptive function of the preceding perfect. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 10:14) | 2 tn If the preceding perfect is taken as generalizing, then one might understand כִּי (ki) as asseverative: “indeed, certainly.” |
| (0.50) | (1Ki 3:13) | 1 tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made. |
| (0.50) | (Rut 2:9) | 6 tn The juxtaposition of two perfects, each with vav consecutive, here indicates a conditional sentence (see GKC 337 §112.kk). |
| (0.50) | (Rut 2:7) | 2 tn On the use of the perfect with vav consecutive after the cohortative, see IBHS 530 §32.2.2b. |
| (0.50) | (Jos 6:16) | 3 tn Heb “for the Lord has given to you the city.” The verbal form is a perfect, probably indicating certitude here. |
| (0.50) | (Jos 2:9) | 1 tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude. |
| (0.50) | (Num 35:2) | 1 tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive: “command…and they will give,” or “that they give.” |
| (0.50) | (Num 32:4) | 1 tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נָכָה (nakhah), a term that can mean “smite, strike, attack, destroy.” |
