Discovery Box| (0.27) | (Exo 27:8) | 1 tn The verb is used impersonally; it reads “just as he showed you.” This form then can be made a passive in the translation. |
| (0.27) | (Exo 23:16) | 3 tn An infinitive construct with a preposition and a pronominal suffix is used to make a temporal clause: “in the ingathering of you.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 23:16) | 1 tn The words “you are also to observe” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.27) | (Exo 19:5) | 2 tn The verb is a perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it continues the idea in the protasis of the sentence: “and [if you will] keep.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 18:23) | 3 tn Heb “to stand.” B. Jacob (Exodus, 501) suggests that there might be a humorous side to this: “you could even do this standing up.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 13:8) | 1 tn The form is the Hiphil perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive, carrying the sequence forward: “and you will declare to your son.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 10:7) | 3 tn With the adverb טֶרֶם (terem), the imperfect tense receives a present sense: “Do you not know?” (See GKC 481 §152.r). |
| (0.27) | (Exo 9:16) | 2 tn The form הֶעֱמַדְתִּיךָ (heʿemadtikha) is the Hiphil perfect of עָמַד (ʿamad). It would normally mean “I caused you to stand.” But that seems to have one or two different connotations. S. R. Driver (Exodus, 73) says that it means “maintain you alive.” The causative of this verb means “continue,” according to him. The LXX has the same basic sense—“you were preserved.” But Paul bypasses the Greek and writes “he raised you up” to show God’s absolute sovereignty over Pharaoh. Both renderings show God’s sovereign control over Pharaoh. |
| (0.27) | (Exo 7:15) | 5 tn The final clause begins with the noun and vav disjunctive, which singles this instruction out for special attention—“now the staff…you are to take.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 7:9) | 1 tn The verb is תְּנוּ (tenu), literally “give.” The imperative is followed by an ethical dative that strengthens the subject of the imperative: “you give a miracle.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 5:11) | 1 tn The independent personal pronoun emphasizes that the people were to get their own straw, and it heightens the contrast with the king. “You—go get.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 4:16) | 3 tn Heb “and it will be [that] he, he will be to you for a mouth,” or more simply, “he will be your mouth.” |
| (0.27) | (Exo 4:16) | 5 tn The phrase “as if” is supplied for clarity. The word “you” represents the Hebrew independent pronoun, which makes the subject emphatic. |
| (0.27) | (Exo 3:14) | 2 tn Or “Thus you shall say” (also in the following verse). The word “must” in the translation conveys the instructional and imperatival force of the statement. |
| (0.27) | (Gen 48:4) | 1 tn Heb “Look, I am making you fruitful.” The participle following הִנֵּה (hinneh) has the nuance of a certain and often imminent future. |
| (0.27) | (Gen 47:31) | 2 tn Heb “swear on oath to me.” The words “that you will do so” have been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.27) | (Gen 45:12) | 1 tn Heb “And, look, your eyes see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that my mouth is the one speaking to you.” |
| (0.27) | (Gen 43:14) | 2 tn Heb “release to you.” After the jussive this perfect verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) probably indicates logical consequence, as well as temporal sequence. |
| (0.27) | (Gen 42:16) | 1 tn Heb “send from you one and let him take.” After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose. |
| (0.27) | (Gen 37:10) | 1 sn The question What is this dream that you had? expresses Jacob’s dismay at what he perceives to be Joseph’s audacity. |
