Discovery Box| (0.02) | (Exo 22:10) | 2 tn This verb is frequently used with the meaning “to take captive.” The idea here then is that raiders or robbers have carried off the animal. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 22:21) | 2 tn Or “alien,” both here and in 23:9. On the Hebrew גֵּר (ger) “resident foreigner” see notes at Exod 12:19 and Deut 29:11. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 20:18) | 4 tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated as a temporal clause to the following clause, which receives the prominence. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 19:4) | 2 sn The language here is the language of a bridegroom bringing the bride to the chamber. This may be a deliberate allusion to another metaphor for the covenant relationship. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 19:9) | 1 tn The construction uses the deictic particle and the participle to express the imminent future, what God was about to do. Here is the first announcement of the theophany. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 16:21) | 2 tn The perfect tenses here with vav (ו) consecutives have the frequentative sense; they function in a protasis-apodosis relationship (GKC 494 §159.g). |
| (0.02) | (Exo 16:19) | 1 tn The address now is for “man” (אִישׁ, ʾish), “each one”; here the instruction seems to be focused on the individual heads of the households. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 16:15) | 1 tn The preterite with vav consecutive is here subordinated to the next verb as a temporal clause. The main point of the verse is what they said. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 16:7) | 2 tn The form is a Qal infinitive construct with a preposition and a suffix. It forms an adverbial clause, usually of time, but here a causal clause. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 15:24) | 2 tn The imperfect tense here should be given a potential nuance: “What can we drink?” since the previous verse reports that they were not able to drink the water. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 15:23) | 2 tn The infinitive construct here provides the direct object for the verb “to be able,” answering the question of what they were not able to do. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 15:23) | 3 tn The causal clause here provides the reason for their being unable to drink the water, as well as a clear motivation for the name. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 15:17) | 2 sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 15:9) | 3 tn The verb רִיק (riq) means “to be empty” in the Qal, and in the Hiphil “to empty.” Here the idea is to unsheathe a sword. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 14:11) | 3 tn The Hebrew term לְהוֹצִּיאָנוּ (lehotsiʾanu) is the Hiphil infinitive construct with a suffix, “to bring us out.” It is used epexegetically here, explaining the previous question. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 12:35) | 2 tn Heb “from Egypt.” Here the Hebrew text uses the name of the country to represent the inhabitants (a figure known as metonymy). |
| (0.02) | (Exo 11:2) | 3 sn Here neighbor refers to Egyptian neighbors, who are glad to see them go (12:33) and so willingly give their jewelry and vessels. |
| (0.02) | (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. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 9:34) | 1 tn The clause beginning with the preterite and vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the next, and main clause—that he hardened his heart again. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 9:29) | 1 tn כְּצֵאתִי (ketseʾti) is the Qal infinitive construct of יָצָא (yatsaʾ); it functions here as the temporal clause before the statement about prayer. |
