(0.35) | (Est 3:7) | 4 tn Since v. 7 seems to interrupt the flow of the narrative, many scholars have suggested that it is a late addition to the text. But there is not enough evidence to warrant such a conclusion. Even though its placement is somewhat awkward, the verse supplies to the reader an important piece of chronological information. |
(0.35) | (Est 3:1) | 2 tn Heb “made great”; NAB “raised…to high rank”; NIV “honored.” |
(0.35) | (Est 1:8) | 1 tn Heb “the drinking was according to law; there was no one compelling.” |
(0.35) | (Est 1:1) | 2 tn Heb “it came about”; KJV, ASV “Now it came to pass.” |
(0.35) | (Neh 13:2) | 1 tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone. |
(0.35) | (Neh 12:22) | 1 tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text. |
(0.35) | (Neh 11:31) | 2 tc Heb “from Geba.” It is preferable to delete the preposition “from” read by the MT. |
(0.35) | (Neh 11:8) | 1 tn Heb “those behind him.” Some scholars emend the text to וְאֶחָיו (veʾekhayv, “his brothers”). |
(0.35) | (Neh 9:28) | 1 tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.” |
(0.35) | (Neh 9:19) | 1 tn Heb “did not turn from them by day to guide them in the path.” |
(0.35) | (Neh 7:6) | 3 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1. |
(0.35) | (Neh 6:8) | 1 tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.” |
(0.35) | (Neh 5:5) | 1 tn Heb “according to the flesh of our brothers is our flesh.” |
(0.35) | (Neh 4:5) | 1 tn The Hiphil stem of כָּעַס (kaʿas) may mean: (1) “to provoke to anger”; (2) “to bitterly offend”; or (3) “to grieve” (BDB 495 s.v. Hiph.; HALOT 491 s.v. כעס hif). The Hebrew lexicons suggest that “bitterly offend” is the most appropriate nuance here. |
(0.35) | (Neh 3:5) | 3 tn The plural form אֲדֹנֵיהֶם (ʾadonehem, “lords”) is probably a plural of majesty referring to Nehemiah (e.g., Isa 19:4; see GKC 399 §124.i). However, some English versions take the plural to refer to the “supervisors” (NIV, NCV, TEV) and others to “their Lord” (KJV, NRSV). |
(0.35) | (Neh 2:18) | 1 tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.” |
(0.35) | (Ezr 10:2) | 2 tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18. |
(0.35) | (Ezr 9:2) | 1 tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people. |
(0.35) | (Ezr 7:9) | 2 sn Apparently it took the caravan almost four months to make the 500 mile journey. |
(0.35) | (Ezr 6:21) | 1 tn Heb “who had separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them.” |