Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Isa 13:20) | 4 tn The words “their flocks” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text does not supply the object here, but see Jer 33:12. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 14:9) | 3 tn Heb “all the rams of the earth.” The animal epithet is used metaphorically here for leaders. See HALOT 903 s.v. *עַתּוּד. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 12:4) | 3 tn Heb “bring to remembrance that his name is exalted.” The Lord’s “name” stands here for his character and reputation. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 12:5) | 1 tc The translation follows the marginal reading (Qere), which is a Hophal participle from יָדַע (yadaʿ), understood here in a gerundive sense. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 9:19) | 1 tn The precise meaning of the verb עְתַּם (ʿetam), which occurs only here, is uncertain, though the context strongly suggests that it means “burn, scorch.” |
| (0.30) | (Isa 8:22) | 2 tn The precise meaning of מְעוּף (meʿuf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 2:16) | 3 tn On the meaning of this word, which appears only here in the Hebrew Bible, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 41-42. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 9:12) | 3 tn Heb “bad, evil.” The moral connotation hardly fits here. The adjective would seem to indicate that the net is the instrument whereby the fish come to ruin. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:28) | 2 tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 6:5) | 3 sn The Hebrew term translated rest here refers to freedom from toil, anxiety, and misery—part of the miserable misfortune that the miserly man of wealth must endure. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 31:26) | 2 sn The words “mouth” (“opened her mouth”) and “tongue” (“on her tongue”) here are also metonymies of cause, referring to her speaking. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 31:25) | 4 sn Here “laugh” is either a metonymy of adjunct or effect. The point is that she is confident for the future because of all her industry and planning. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 30:33) | 2 sn There is a subtle wordplay here with the word for anger: It is related to the word for nose in the preceding colon. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 31:2) | 1 tn The form מַה (mah), normally the interrogative “what?” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB) is best interpreted here as an exclamation. Tg. Prov 31:2 has “Woe!” |
| (0.30) | (Pro 30:28) | 2 tn Although the Hebrew noun translated “king” is singular here, it is traditionally translated as plural: “kings’ palaces” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 27:18) | 1 sn Tending fig trees requires closer attention than other plants; so the point here would be the diligent care that is required. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 27:11) | 1 tn Heb “my son”; the reference to a “son” is retained in the translation here because in the following lines the advice is to avoid women who are prostitutes. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 27:4) | 1 tn Heb “fierceness of wrath and outpouring [= flood] of anger.” A number of English versions use “flood” here (e.g., NASB, NCV, NLT). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:25) | 1 tn The particle כִּי (ki) is here interpreted with a temporal nuance. It is also possible that it could be read as concessive (so NIV, NLT “Though”). |
| (0.30) | (Pro 26:8) | 1 tn The translation “like tying a stone in a sling” seems to make the most sense, even though the word for “sling” occurs only here. |
