Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Pro 9:5) | 1 tn The construction features a cognate accusative (verb and noun from same root). The preposition ב (bet) has the partitive use “some” (GKC 380 §119.m). |
| (0.50) | (Pro 8:27) | 1 sn The infinitive construct בְּחוּקוֹ (bekhuqo, “to cut; to engrave; to mark”) and the noun חוּג (khug, “horizon; circle”) form a paronomasia in the line. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 8:34) | 2 tn The form לִשְׁקֹד (lishqod) is the infinitive construct serving epexegetically in the sentence. It explains how the person will listen to wisdom. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 8:33) | 2 tn The construction uses two imperatives joined with the vav (ו); this is a volitive sequence in which result or consequence is being expressed. |
| (0.50) | (Pro 2:2) | 1 tn The Hiphil infinitive construct לְהַקְשִׁיב (lehaqshiv, “by making attentive”) functions as an epexegetical explanation of how one will receive the instruction. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 52:8) | 1 tn The disjunctive construction (vav [ו] + subject) highlights the contrast between the evildoer’s destiny (vv. 5-7) and that of the godly psalmist’s security. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 20:7) | 2 tn The grammatical construction (conjunction + pronominal subject) highlights the contrast between God’s faithful people and the others mentioned in the previous line. |
| (0.50) | (Job 36:26) | 1 tn The last part has the verbal construction, “and we do not know.” This clause is to be used adverbially: “beyond our understanding.” |
| (0.50) | (Job 36:1) | 2 tn The use of וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef) is with the hendiadys construction: “and he added and said,” meaning “and he said again, further.” |
| (0.50) | (Job 34:8) | 3 tn The infinitive construct with the ל (lamed) preposition may continue the clause with the finite verb (see GKC 351 §114.p). |
| (0.50) | (Job 33:32) | 2 tn The infinitive construct serves as the complement or object of “I desire.” It could be rendered “to justify you” or “your justification,” namely, “that you be justified.” |
| (0.50) | (Job 32:22) | 1 tn The construction uses a perfect verb followed by the imperfect. This is a form of subordination equivalent to a complementary infinitive (see GKC 385-86 §120.c). |
| (0.50) | (Job 31:13) | 1 tn This construction is an adverbial clause using the temporal preposition, the infinitive from רִיב (riv, “contend”), and the suffix which is the subjective genitive. |
| (0.50) | (Job 30:6) | 1 tn This use of the infinitive construct expresses that they were compelled to do something (see GKC 348-49 §114.h, k). |
| (0.50) | (Job 29:2) | 4 tn The construct state (“days of”) governs the independent sentence that follows (see GKC 422 §130.d): “as the days of […] God used to watch over me.” |
| (0.50) | (Job 28:6) | 1 tn It is probably best to take “place” in construct to the rest of the colon, with an understood relative clause: “a place, the rocks of which are sapphires.” |
| (0.50) | (Job 18:21) | 2 tn The word “place” is in construct; the clause following it replaces the genitive: “this is the place of—he has not known God.” |
| (0.50) | (Job 18:5) | 3 tn The expression is literally “the flame of his fire,” but the pronominal suffix qualifies the entire bound construction. The two words together intensify the idea of the flame. |
| (0.50) | (Job 1:7) | 4 tn The verb שׁוּט (shut) means “to go or rove about” (BDB 1001-2 s.v.). Here the infinitive construct serves as the object of the preposition. |
| (0.50) | (Job 1:1) | 3 tn The Hebrew construction is literally “a man was,” using אִישׁ הָיָה (ʾish hayah) rather than a preterite first. This simply begins the narrative. |
