Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Exo 15:16) | 4 sn For a study of the words for fear, see N. Waldman, “A Comparative Note on Exodus 15:14-16, ” JQR 66 (1976): 189-92. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 13:4) | 1 tn The word הַיּוֹם (hayyom) means literally “the day, today, this day.” In this sentence it functions as an adverbial accusative explaining when the event took place. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 12:39) | 1 sn For the use of this word in developing the motif, see Exod 2:17, 22; 6:1; and 11:1. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 12:21) | 3 tn The word “animals” is added to avoid giving the impression in English that the Passover festival itself is the object of “kill.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 10:5) | 5 tn הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת (hannishʾeret) parallels (by apposition) and adds further emphasis to the preceding two words; it is the Niphal participle, meaning “that which is left over.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 10:7) | 2 tn Heb “snare” (מוֹקֵשׁ, moqesh), a word used for a trap for catching birds. Here it is a figure for the cause of Egypt’s destruction. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 9:23) | 2 tn By starting the clause with the subject (an example of disjunctive word order) the text is certainly stressing that Yahweh alone did this. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 9:3) | 2 tn The word דֶּבֶר (dever) is usually translated “pestilence” when it applies to diseases for humans. It is used only here and in Ps 78:50 for animals. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 8:14) | 2 tn The word “heaps” is repeated: חֳמָרִם הֳמָרִם (khomarim khomarim). The repetition serves to intensify the idea to the highest degree—“countless heaps” (see GKC 396 §123.e). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 7:15) | 4 tn The verb תִּקַּח (tiqqakh), the Qal imperfect of לָקַח (laqakh), functions here as the imperfect of instruction, or injunction perhaps, given the word order of the clause. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 5:6) | 2 tn The Greek has “scribes” for this word, perhaps thinking of those lesser officials as keeping records of the slaves and the bricks. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 5:2) | 3 sn The construction of these clauses is similar to (ironically) the words of Moses: “Who am I that I should go?” (3:11). |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 4:13) | 2 tn The word בִּי (bi) is a particle of entreaty; it seeks permission to speak and is always followed by “Lord” or “my Lord.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 4:10) | 4 tn When a noun clause is negated with לֹא (loʾ), rather than אֵין (ʾen), there is a special emphasis, since the force of the negative falls on a specific word (GKC 479 §152.d). The expression “eloquent man” is אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (ʾish devarim, “a man of words”). The genitive may indicate a man characterized by words or a man who is able to command or control words. Moses apparently is resigned to the fact that he can do the signs, but he knows the signs have to be explained. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 2:24) | 1 sn The word for this painfully intense “groaning” appears elsewhere to describe a response to having two broken arms (Ezek 30:24). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 2:15) | 2 tn Heb הַדָּבָר (haddavar, “the word [thing, matter, incident]”) functions here like a pronoun to refer in brief to what Moses had done. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 1:10) | 2 tn The word פֶּן (pen) expresses fear or precaution and can also be translated “lest” or “else” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 75-76, §461). |
| (0.30) | (Gen 49:19) | 1 sn In Hebrew the name Gad (גָּד, gad) sounds like the words translated “raided” (יְגוּדֶנּוּ, yegudennu) and “marauding bands” (גְּדוּד, gedud). |
