Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Mic 6:10) | 3 sn Merchants would use a smaller than standard measure so they could give the customer less than he thought he was paying for. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 1:11) | 1 tn The feminine singular participle is here used in a collective sense for all the residents of the town. See GKC 394 §122.s. |
| (0.30) | (Jon 3:5) | 1 tn Heb “men.” The term is used generically here for “people” (so KJV, ASV, and many other English versions); cf. NIV “the Ninevites.” |
| (0.30) | (Jon 1:4) | 2 tn The Hiphil of טוּל (tul, “to hurl”) is used here and several times in this episode for rhetorical emphasis (see vv. 5 and 15). |
| (0.30) | (Oba 1:9) | 2 tn The Hebrew word used here (לְמַעַן, lemaʿan) usually expresses purpose. The sense in this context, however, is more likely that of result. |
| (0.30) | (Amo 3:2) | 1 tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yadaʿ) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.” |
| (0.30) | (Amo 2:7) | 6 tn Heb “my holy name.” Here “name” is used metonymically for God’s moral character or reputation, while “holy” has a moral and ethical connotation. |
| (0.30) | (Joe 1:10) | 2 tn Joel uses intentionally alliterative language in the phrases שֻׁדַּד שָׂדֶה (shuddad sadeh, “the field is destroyed”) and אֲבְלָה אֲדָמָה (ʾavelah ʾadamah, “the ground is in mourning”). |
| (0.30) | (Hos 7:16) | 2 tn Heb “because their tongue.” The term “tongue” is used figuratively as a metonymy of cause (tongue) for effect (prayers to Baal). |
| (0.30) | (Hos 6:7) | 4 tn The verb בָּגַד (bagad, “to act treacherously”) is often used in reference to faithlessness in covenant relationships (BDB 93 s.v. בָּגַד). |
| (0.30) | (Hos 1:1) | 3 sn Joash is a variation of the name Jehoash. Some English versions use “Jehoash” here (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT). |
| (0.30) | (Hos 1:2) | 8 tn Heb “the land.” The term “the land” is frequently used as a synecdoche of container (the land of Israel) for the contained (the people of Israel). |
| (0.30) | (Dan 11:18) | 3 tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (bilti, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear. |
| (0.30) | (Dan 5:10) | 3 tn Aram “The queen.” The translation has used the pronoun “she” instead because repetition of the noun here would be redundant in terms of English style. |
| (0.30) | (Dan 1:14) | 3 sn The number 10 is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness (cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10). |
| (0.30) | (Dan 1:2) | 8 tn Heb “brought.” Though the Hebrew verb “brought” is repeated in this verse, the translation uses “brought…put” for stylistic variation. |
| (0.30) | (Dan 1:2) | 3 tn Heb “hand,” which is often used idiomatically for one’s power and authority. See BDB 390 s.v. יָד 2. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 34:4) | 1 tn The term translated “harshness” is used to describe the oppression the Israelites suffered as slaves in Egypt (Exod 1:13). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 28:24) | 1 sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55 and Josh 23:13. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 23:44) | 1 tn Heb “approached.” The verb בּוֹא (boʾ) with the preposition אֶל (ʾel) means “come to” or “approach” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
