Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Isa 58:8) | 2 tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.” |
| (0.58) | (Dan 9:26) | 3 tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.50) | (Joe 3:4) | 3 tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation. |
| (0.25) | (Nah 2:4) | 6 tn Or “they flash here and there.” The Polel imperfect יְרוֹצֵצוּ (yirotsetsu, “they dash here and there”) is from the root רוּץ (ruts) which means “to run quickly” in reference to men (Gen 18:2; 2 Kgs 23:12; Prov 4:12) and “to gallop” in reference to horsemen (Joel 2:14). The Hiphil stem denotes “to drive off with haste” (Jer 49:19; 50:44). The Polel stem, which is used here, means “to race about swiftly; to flash by speedily; to run to and fro” (HALOT 1208 s.v. רוץ; BDB 930 s.v. רוּץ). |
