Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Eze 16:47) | 2 tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 16:25) | 2 tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 12:6) | 1 tn Apart from this context the Hebrew term occurs only in Gen 15:17, in reference to the darkness after sunset. It may mean twilight. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 11:11) | 1 tn The Hebrew text does not have the negative particle, but it is implied. The negative particle in the previous line does double duty here. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 11:3) | 1 tn The Hebrew verb may mean “think” in this context. This content of what they say (or think) represents their point of view. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 9:2) | 4 tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 7:25) | 1 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT. It is interpreted based on a Syriac cognate meaning “to bristle or stiffen (in terror).” |
| (0.30) | (Eze 7:14) | 1 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 7:13) | 2 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 6:6) | 1 tn The Hebrew verb translated “wiped out” is used to describe the judgment of the Flood (Gen 6:7; 7:4, 23). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 5:16) | 1 tn The Hebrew word carries the basic idea of “bad, displeasing, injurious” but has the nuance “deadly” when used of weapons (see Ps 144:10). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 2:5) | 3 tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:10 (17:25 HT) and Isa 30:9. |
| (0.30) | (Lam 4:19) | 2 tn Or “in the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky,” depending on the context. |
| (0.30) | (Lam 1:16) | 1 tn Heb “My eye, my eye.” The Hebrew text repeats the term for literary emphasis to stress the emotional distress of personified Jerusalem. |
| (0.30) | (Lam 1:18) | 1 tn Heb “The Lord himself is right.” The phrase “to judge me” is not in the Hebrew but is added in the translation to clarify the expression. |
| (0.30) | (Lam 1:10) | 2 tc The Kethib is written מַחֲמוֹדֵּיהֶם (makhamodehem, “her desired things”); the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss read מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם (makhamaddehem, “her desirable things”). The Qere reading should be adopted. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 50:38) | 3 tc Or “Her people boast in.” This translation is based on the reading of the majority of Hebrew mss, which read יִתְהֹלָלוּ (yitholalu; cf. usage in Jer 46:9 and see also 25:16; 51:7). Two Hebrew mss and the versions read יִתְהַלָּלוּ (yithallalu; cf. usage in Jer 4:2; 9:23, 24 and Ps 97:7, where a parallel expression is found with “idols”). The reading is again basically the difference in one Hebrew vowel. All of the modern commentaries consulted, and all the modern English versions except NEB and REB, follow the Hebrew text here rather than the versions. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 49:28) | 3 tn The words “Army of Babylon” are not in the Hebrew text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 47:7) | 1 tn The reading here follows the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions. The Hebrew text reads, “how can you rest,” as a continuation of the second person in v. 6. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 40:5) | 3 tn Heb “Go back to Gedaliah…and live with him among the people.” The long Hebrew sentence has been restructured to better conform with contemporary English style. |
