Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Gen 27:2) | 2 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) here introduces a logically foundational statement, upon which the coming instruction will be based. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 26:28) | 4 tn The pronoun “us” here is exclusive—it refers to just the Philistine contingent (the following “you” refers to Isaac). |
| (0.35) | (Gen 24:67) | 2 tn Heb “Rebekah”; here the proper name was replaced by the pronoun (“her”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 22:17) | 2 tn Here too the infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the following finite verb (either an imperfect or cohortative). |
| (0.35) | (Gen 21:25) | 3 tn The Hebrew verb used here means “to steal; to rob; to take violently.” The statement reflects Abraham’s perspective. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 21:17) | 3 sn Here the verb heard picks up the main motif of the name Ishmael (“God hears”), introduced back in chap. 16. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 21:1) | 2 tn Heb “and the Lord did.” The divine name has not been repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 20:9) | 2 tn Heb “Deeds which should not be done you have done to me.” The imperfect has an obligatory nuance here. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 19:20) | 5 tn Heb “my soul will live.” After the cohortative the jussive with vav conjunctive here indicates purpose/result. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 19:1) | 1 tn The disjunctive clause is temporal here, indicating what Lot was doing at the time of their arrival. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 18:27) | 2 tn The disjunctive clause is a concessive clause here, drawing out the humility as a contrast to the Lord. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 17:5) | 3 tn The perfect verbal form is used here in a rhetorical manner to emphasize God’s intention. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 15:2) | 5 tn The pronoun is anaphoric here, equivalent to the verb “to be” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 23, §115). |
| (0.35) | (Gen 9:13) | 3 tn The perfect verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive here has the same aspectual function as the preceding perfect of certitude. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 8:8) | 3 tn The Hebrew verb קָלָל (qalal) normally means “to be light, to be slight”; it refers here to the waters receding. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 7:4) | 2 tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 6:5) | 3 tn The related verb חָשָׁב (khashav) means “to think, to devise, to reckon.” The noun (here) refers to thoughts or considerations. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 4:13) | 2 tn Heb “great is my punishment from bearing.” The preposition מִן (min, “from”) is used here in a comparative sense. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 3:13) | 2 sn The Hebrew word order puts the subject (“the serpent”) before the verb here, giving prominence to it. |
| (0.35) | (Job 1:8) | 3 tn The same expressions that appeared at the beginning of the chapter appear here in the words of God. In contrast to that narrative report about Job, the emphasis here is on Job’s present character, and so the participle form is translated here as a gnomic or characteristic present (“turns”). It modifies “man” as one who is turning from evil. |
