Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Job 21:3) | 2 tn The conjunction and the independent personal pronoun draw emphatic attention to the subject of the verb: “and I on my part will speak.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 21:3) | 3 tn The adverbial clauses are constructed of the preposition “after” and the Piel infinitive construct with the subjective genitive suffix: “my speaking,” or “I speak.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 21:9) | 1 tn The word שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace, safety”) is here a substantive after a plural subject (see GKC 452 §141.c, n. 3). |
| (0.30) | (Job 14:13) | 3 tn The construction used here is the preposition followed by the infinitive construct followed by the subjective genitive, forming an adverbial clause of time. |
| (0.30) | (Job 12:8) | 2 tn A. B. Davidson (Job, 90) offers a solution by taking “earth” to mean all the lower forms of life that teem in the earth (a metonymy of subject). |
| (0.30) | (Job 10:22) | 2 tn The Hebrew word literally means “it shines”; the feminine verb implies a subject like “the light” (but see GKC 459 §144.c). |
| (0.30) | (Job 9:32) | 1 tn The personal pronoun that would be expected as the subject of a noun clause is sometimes omitted (see GKC 360 §116.s). Here it has been supplied. |
| (0.30) | (Job 6:2) | 4 tn The third person plural verb is used here; it expresses an indefinite subject and is treated as a passive (see GKC 460 §144.g). |
| (0.30) | (Job 5:18) | 2 tn The addition of the independent pronoun here makes the subject emphatic, as if to say, “For it is he who makes….” |
| (0.30) | (Job 1:10) | 1 tn The use of the independent personal pronoun here emphasizes the subject of the verb: “Have you not put up a hedge.” |
| (0.30) | (Neh 6:9) | 1 tn The participle has a desiderative nuance here, describing the desire of the subject and not necessarily the actual outcome. See also v. 14. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 25:12) | 1 tn Heb “the captain of the royal guard.” However, the subject is clear from the preceding and contemporary English style would normally avoid repeating the proper name and title. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 11:2) | 3 tn Heb “and they hid him from Athaliah and he was not put to death.” The subject of the plural verb (“they hid”) is probably indefinite. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 20:32) | 1 sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 3:4) | 5 tn The disjunctive clause structure (vav [ו] + subject + verb) highlights this final word of instruction or signals the conclusion of the instructions. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 2:10) | 5 tn Heb “and I am a foreigner.” The disjunctive clause (note the pattern vav + subject + predicate nominative) here has a circumstantial (i.e., concessive) function (“even though”). |
| (0.30) | (Rut 1:19) | 6 tn Heb “they said,” but the verb form is third person feminine plural, indicating that the women of the village are the subject. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 1:14) | 3 tn The clause is disjunctive. The word order is conjunction + subject + verb, highlighting the contrast between the actions of Orpah and Ruth. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 6:31) | 6 tn Heb “for he pulled down his altar.” The subject of the verb, if not Gideon, is indefinite (in which case a passive translation is permissible). |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 4:4) | 2 tn Heb “she was.” The pronoun refers back to the nominative absolute “Deborah.” Hebrew style sometimes employs such resumptive pronouns when lengthy qualifiers separate the subject from the verb. |
