Discovery Box| (0.30) | (1Sa 12:10) | 2 sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 12:11) | 1 sn Jerub Baal (יְרֻבַּעַל, “Yerub Baʿal”) is also known as Gideon (see Judg 6:32). The book of Judges uses both names for him. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 10:25) | 1 tn Heb “the regulation of the kingship.” This probably refers to the regulations pertaining to kingship given to Moses (see Deut 17:14-20). |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 10:3) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 7:16) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 4:5) | 2 sn Acquire the field. This probably refers to the right to redeem and use the field. See the note on the word “selling” in v. 3. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 3:12) | 2 tn Sometimes translated “redeemer” (also later in this verse). See the note on the phrase “guardian of the family interests” in v. 9. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 2:8) | 1 tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The idiomatic, negated rhetorical question is equivalent to an affirmation (see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther [WBC], 119, and GKC 474 §150.e). |
| (0.30) | (Rut 1:21) | 5 sn The divine name translated Sovereign One is שַׁדַּי (shadday, “Shaddai”). See further the note on this term in Ruth 1:20. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 1:20) | 2 tn The third person feminine plural form of the pronominal suffix indicates the women of the village (see v. 19) are the addressees. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 1:13) | 3 tn The negative is used here in an elliptical manner for emphasis (see HALOT 48 s.v. I אַל; GKC 479-80 §152.g). |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 21:19) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 21:2) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 20:31) | 4 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 20:26) | 3 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 20:18) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 20:9) | 1 sn As the lot dictates. The Israelite soldiers intended to cast lots to determine which tribe would lead the battle charge (see v. 18). |
