(0.30) | (Ecc 12:8) | 4 tn The term הֶבֶל (hevel, “futile”) is repeated three times within the six words of this verse for emphasis. See footnote on “futile” at 1:2. |
(0.30) | (Ecc 5:6) | 4 tn Heb “at your voice.” This is an example of metonymy (i.e., your voice) of association (i.e., you). |
(0.30) | (Pro 27:16) | 2 sn A contentious woman is uncontrollable. The wind can gust at any moment; so too the contentious woman can nag or complain without warning. |
(0.30) | (Pro 19:25) | 3 sn The word is related to “shrewdness” (cf. 1:4). The simpleton will learn at least where the traps are and how to avoid them. |
(0.30) | (Pro 11:5) | 2 sn The wicked may think that they can make their way through life easier by their wickedness, but instead it will at some point bring them down. |
(0.30) | (Pro 8:21) | 3 tc The LXX adds at the end of this verse: “If I declare to you the things of daily occurrence, I will remember to recount the things of old.” |
(0.30) | (Pro 7:18) | 1 tn The verb means “to be saturated; to drink one’s fill,” and can at times mean “to be intoxicated with.” |
(0.30) | (Pro 7:9) | 2 tn Heb “in the middle of the night, and dark”; KJV “in the black and dark night”; NRSV “at the time of night and darkness.” |
(0.30) | (Pro 7:5) | 1 tn Heb “strange” (so KJV, ASV). See the note at 2:16, which is identical to this verse, except for using a synonym for the beginning verb. |
(0.30) | (Psa 149:5) | 2 tn The significance of the reference to “beds” is unclear. Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even when falling asleep or awaking. |
(0.30) | (Psa 119:117) | 1 tn Or “and that I might focus.” The two cohortatives with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the imperative at the beginning of the verse. |
(0.30) | (Psa 116:9) | 1 tn Heb “walk before” (see Ps 56:13). On the meaning of the Hebrew idiom, see the notes at 2 Kgs 20:3/Isa 38:3. |
(0.30) | (Psa 106:28) | 1 sn They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor. |
(0.30) | (Psa 81:3) | 2 tn Heb “at the full moon on the day of our festival.” The Hebrew word כֶּסֶה (keseh) is an alternate spelling of כֶּסֶא (keseʾ, “full moon”). |
(0.30) | (Psa 78:61) | 1 tn Heb “and he gave to captivity his strength.” The expression “his strength” refers metonymically to the ark of the covenant, which was housed in the tabernacle at Shiloh. |
(0.30) | (Psa 71:21) | 2 tn The imperfects are understood here as expressing the psalmist’s prayer or wish. (Note the use of a distinctly jussive form at the beginning of v. 21.) |
(0.30) | (Psa 58:8) | 1 tn There is no “to be” verb in the Hebrew text at this point, but a jussive tone can be assumed based on vv. 6-7. |
(0.30) | (Psa 46:5) | 4 tn Heb “at the turning of morning.” (For other uses of the expression see Exod 14:27 and Judg 19:26). |
(0.30) | (Psa 44:10) | 2 tn Heb “plunder for themselves.” The prepositional phrase לָמוֹ (lamo, “for themselves”) here has the nuance “at their will” or “as they please” (see Ps 80:6). |
(0.30) | (Psa 35:16) | 2 tn Heb “gnashing at me with their teeth.” The infinitive absolute adds a complementary action—they gnashed with their teeth as they taunted. |