Discovery Box| (0.02) | (Exo 9:20) | 1 tn Heb “the one fearing.” The singular expression here and throughout vv. 20-21 refers to all who fit the description. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 9:17) | 2 tn The infinitive construct with lamed here is epexegetical; it explains how Pharaoh has exalted himself—“by not releasing the people.” |
| (0.02) | (Exo 9:18) | 1 tn הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר (hineni mamtir) is the futur instans construction, giving an imminent future translation: “Here—I am about to cause it to rain.” |
| (0.02) | (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. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 8:27) | 1 tn The verb נֵלֵךְ (nelekh) is a Qal imperfect of the verb הָלַךְ (halakh). Here it should be given the modal nuance of obligation: “we must go.” |
| (0.02) | (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. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 7:10) | 1 tn The clause begins with the preterite and the vav (ו) consecutive; it is here subordinated to the next clause as a temporal clause. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 6:12) | 3 tn The final clause begins with a disjunctive vav (ו), a vav on a nonverb form—here a pronoun. It introduces a circumstantial causal clause. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 4:14) | 5 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) with the participle points to the imminent future; it means “he is about to come” or “here he is coming.” |
| (0.02) | (Exo 4:11) | 1 tn The verb שִׂים (sim) means “to place, put, set”; the sentence here more precisely says, “Who put a mouth into a man?” |
| (0.02) | (Exo 3:18) | 5 tn Here a cohortative with a vav (ו) follows a cohortative; the second one expresses purpose or result: “let us go…in order that we may.” |
| (0.02) | (Exo 3:18) | 4 tn The form used here is the cohortative of הָלַךְ (halakh). It could be a resolve, but more likely before Pharaoh it is a request. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 3:13) | 4 tn The imperfect tense here has a deliberative nuance (“should”), for Moses is wondering what would be best to say when the Israelites want proof of the calling. |
| (0.02) | (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. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 2:4) | 3 tn The verb is a Niphal imperfect; it should be classified here as a historic future, future from the perspective of a point in a past time narrative. |
| (0.02) | (Exo 1:18) | 1 tn The verb קָרָא (qaraʾ) followed by the lamed (ל) preposition has here the nuance of “summon.” The same construction is used later when Pharaoh summons Moses. |
| (0.02) | (Gen 46:7) | 1 tn The Hebrew text adds “with him” here. This is omitted in the translation because it is redundant in English style (note the same phrase earlier in the verse). |
| (0.02) | (Gen 45:8) | 1 tn Heb “a father.” The term is used here figuratively of one who gives advice, as a father would to his children. |
| (0.02) | (Gen 44:16) | 2 tn The Hitpael form of the verb צָדֵק (tsadeq) here means “to prove ourselves just, to declare ourselves righteous, to prove our innocence.” |
| (0.02) | (Gen 43:25) | 3 tn Heb “eat bread.” The imperfect verbal form is used here as a historic future (future from the perspective of the past). |
