² tn Verbs of creation often involve double accusatives; here the double accusative involves the person (i.e., wisdom) and an abstract noun in construct (IBHS 174-75 §10.2.3c).

⁵ tn The accusative (“darkness”) is here an adverbial accusative of place, namely, “in the darkness,” or because he was successfully led by God’s light, “through the darkness” (see GKC 374 §118.h).

³ tn The clause is a noun clause serving as the direct object of “to speak.” It begins with the sign of the accusative, and then the relative pronoun that indicates the whole clause is the accusative.

³ tn The text has “and I will give all your enemies to you [as] a back.” The verb of making takes two accusatives, the second being the adverbial accusative of product (see GKC 371-72 §117.ii, n. 1).

² tn Heb “of hewn stones.” Gesenius classifies this as an adverbial accusative—“you shall not build them (the stones of the altar) as hewn stones.” The remoter accusative is in apposition to the nearer (GKC 372 §117.kk).

⁴ tn Grk “that they”; the referent (these men, Paul’s accusers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The line uses the participle עֹרֵב (ʿorev) with its cognate accusative עֲרֻבָּה (ʿarubbah), “who pledges a pledge.”

⁶ tn The noun מוּסָר (musar, “discipline”) functions as an adverbial accusative of reference: “he is diligent in reference to discipline.”

⁴ tn Or “speak out foolishly.” The noun may be a direct object (folly) or an adverbial accusative (foolishly).

³ tn The word דִבָּה (dibbah) means “whispering; defamation; evil report” (BDB 179 s.v.). Cf. NAB “accusations”; TEV “gossip.”

¹ tn This word is a substantive that is used here as an adverbial accusative—with suddenness, at an instant.

⁵ tn Simply, the MT has “and your threshing floor gather.” The “threshing floor” has to be an adverbial accusative of place.

² tn The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative construction to express this: “a man if he vows a vow.”

¹ tn The phrase “a journey of three days” is made up of the adverbial accusative qualified with the genitives.

¹ tn As before, the cognate accusative is used; it would literally be “this people has sinned a great sin.”

¹ tn This is an adverbial accusative of time, indicating that work may be done for six days out of the week.

³ tn Here, and in the next phrase, the word “house” has to be taken as an adverbial accusative of termination.

¹ sn You are spies. Joseph wanted to see how his brothers would react if they were accused of spying.

³ tn Heb “[for] food in the cities.” The noun translated “food” is an adverbial accusative in the sentence.

¹ tn The sentence simply begins with “twelve years”; it serves as an adverbial accusative giving the duration of their bondage.