Discovery Box| (0.02) | (2Sa 8:9) | 1 tn The name is spelled “Tou” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:9. NIV adopts the spelling “Tou” here. |
| (0.02) | (2Sa 6:7) | 3 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.02) | (2Sa 2:29) | 1 sn The rift valley is a large geographic feature extending from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. Here only a section of the Jordan Valley is in view. |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 28:19) | 2 tc With the exception of the Lucianic recension, the LXX has here “and tomorrow you and your sons with you will fall.” |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 17:8) | 4 tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form (either an imperfect or jussive) with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result here. |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 13:20) | 1 tc The translation follows the LXX (“their sickle”) here, rather than the MT “plowshares,” which is due to dittography from the word earlier in the verse. |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 11:8) | 1 tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss read 600,000 here, rather than the MT’s 300,000. |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 2:21) | 3 tn The term נַעַר (naʿar), here translated “boy,” often refers to a servant or apprentice in line for a position of authority. |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 2:11) | 1 tn The term נַעַר (naʿar), here translated “boy,” often refers to a servant or apprentice in line for a position of authority. |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 2:10) | 5 tn Heb “the horn,” here a metaphor for power or strength. Cf. NCV “make his appointed king strong”; NLT “increases the might of his anointed one.” |
| (0.02) | (1Sa 2:8) | 2 tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens. |
| (0.02) | (Rut 4:14) | 1 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note on the phrase “guardian of the family interests” in 3:9. As the following context indicates, the child is referred to here. |
| (0.02) | (Rut 4:3) | 2 tn The perfect form of the verb here describes as a simple fact an action that is underway (cf. NIV, NRSV, CEV, NLT); NAB “is putting up for sale.” |
| (0.02) | (Rut 3:3) | 1 tn The perfect with prefixed vav (ו) consecutive here introduces a series of instructions. See GKC 335 §112.aa for other examples of this construction. |
| (0.02) | (Rut 2:21) | 1 tn On the force of the phrase גָּם כִּי (gam ki) here, see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 138-39. |
| (0.02) | (Rut 2:21) | 2 tn Heb “with the servants who are mine you may stay close.” The imperfect has a permissive nuance here. The word “servants” is masculine plural. |
| (0.02) | (Rut 2:10) | 4 tn Heb “Why do I find favor in your eyes by [you] recognizing me.” The infinitive construct with prefixed ל (lamed) here indicates manner (“by”). |
| (0.02) | (Rut 2:10) | 5 tn Heb “and I am a foreigner.” The disjunctive clause (note the pattern vav + subject + predicate nominative) here has a circumstantial (i.e., concessive) function (“even though”). |
| (0.02) | (Rut 2:13) | 4 tn Heb “spoken to the heart of.” As F. W. Bush points out, the idiom here means “to reassure, encourage” (Ruth, Esther [WBC], 124). |
| (0.02) | (Rut 2:9) | 9 tn The imperfect here either indicates characteristic or typical activity, or anterior future, referring to a future action (drawing water) which logically precedes another future action (drinking). |
