Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Est 9:30) | 2 tn Heb “peace and truth.” The expression is probably a hendiadys (see the note on 5:10 for an explanation of this figure). |
| (0.50) | (Est 7:1) | 1 tn Heb “to drink”; NASB “to drink wine.” The expression is a metaphor for lavish feasting, cf. NRSV “to feast”; KJV “to banquet.” |
| (0.50) | (Est 6:3) | 1 tn Heb “honor and greatness.” The expression is a hendiadys (see the note on 5:10 for an explanation of this figure). |
| (0.50) | (Est 5:8) | 1 tn Heb “if upon the king it is good.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 4, which also occurs in 7:3; 8:5; 9:13. |
| (0.50) | (Neh 9:30) | 1 tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.50) | (Neh 5:10) | 3 tn Heb “this debt.” This expression is a metonymy of association: “debt” refers to the seizure of the collateral of the debt. |
| (0.50) | (Ezr 9:8) | 3 tn Heb “to cause our eyes to shine.” The expression is a figure of speech for “to revive.” See DCH 1:160 s.v. אור Hi.7. |
| (0.50) | (Ezr 7:10) | 2 tn Heb “to do and to teach.” The expression may be a hendiadys, in which case it would have the sense of “effectively teaching.” |
| (0.50) | (2Ch 25:17) | 2 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21. |
| (0.50) | (2Ch 25:21) | 1 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17. |
| (0.50) | (1Ch 7:23) | 1 tn The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.50) | (1Ch 2:21) | 2 tn The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.50) | (2Ki 19:25) | 2 tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s amazement that anyone might be ignorant of what he is about to say. |
| (0.50) | (2Ki 14:8) | 1 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11. |
| (0.50) | (2Ki 6:11) | 3 tn Heb “Will you not tell me who among us [is] for the king of Israel?” The sarcastic rhetorical question expresses the king’s suspicion. |
| (0.50) | (2Ki 2:14) | 1 tn Heb “Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him.” The wording is changed slightly in the translation for the sake of variety of expression (see v. 13). |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 20:19) | 1 tn Heb “a city and a mother.” The expression is a hendiadys, meaning that this city was an important one in Israel and had smaller cities dependent on it. |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 20:3) | 3 tn Heb “come to them.” The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 14:16) | 5 tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God. |
| (0.50) | (2Sa 3:7) | 2 tn The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
