Discovery Box| (0.40) | (2Sa 10:6) | 1 tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.” |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 9:8) | 2 tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?” |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 7:24) | 1 tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.” |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 4:10) | 1 tn Heb “and he was like a bearer of good news in his eyes.” |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 4:7) | 3 tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys. |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 3:32) | 1 tn Heb “lifted up his voice and wept.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys. |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 3:29) | 2 tc 4QSama has “of Joab” rather than “of his father” read by the MT. |
| (0.40) | (2Sa 1:5) | 1 tn In v. 2 he is called simply a “man.” The word used here in v. 5 (so also in vv. 6, 13, 15), though usually referring to a young man or servant, may in this context designate a “fighting” man, i.e., a soldier. |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 29:6) | 2 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 28:7) | 1 tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3. |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 25:36) | 2 tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 25:41) | 1 tn Heb “Here is your maidservant, for a lowly servant to wash.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 23:22) | 1 tn Heb “know and see.” The expression is a hendiadys. See also v. 23. |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 20:8) | 2 tn Heb “for into a covenant of the Lord you have brought your servant with you.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 17:40) | 1 tn This Hebrew word occurs only here and its exact meaning is not entirely clear. It refers to a receptacle of some sort and apparently was a common part of a shepherd’s equipment. Here it serves as a depository for the stones that David will use in his sling. |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 16:1) | 3 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 15:29) | 1 tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord. |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 14:36) | 3 tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 8:18) | 1 tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 6:3) | 1 tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.” |
