Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Exo 32:12) | 1 tn The question is rhetorical; it really forms an affirmation that is used here as a reason for the request (see GKC 474 §150.e). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 31:6) | 1 tn The expression uses the independent personal pronoun (“and I”) with the deictic particle (“behold”) to enforce the subject of the verb—“and I, indeed I have given.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 32:1) | 7 tn The text has “this Moses.” But this instance may find the demonstrative used in an earlier deictic sense, especially since there is no article with it. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 31:14) | 2 tn This is the asseverative use of כִּי (ki) meaning “surely, indeed,” for it restates the point just made (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 73, §449). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 30:32) | 1 tn Without an expressed subject, the verb may be treated as a passive. Any common use, as in personal hygiene, would be a complete desecration. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 30:16) | 2 sn The idea of “service” is maintenance and care of the sanctuary and its service, meaning the morning and evening sacrifices and the other elements to be used. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 30:10) | 3 sn The phrase “most holy to the Lord” means that the altar cannot be used for any other purpose than what is stated here. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 29:36) | 1 tn The construction uses a genitive: “a bull of the sin offering,” which means, a bull that is designated for a sin (or better, purification) offering. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 28:11) | 1 sn Expert stone or gem engravers were used to engrave designs and names in identification seals of various sizes. It was work that skilled artisans did. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 27:19) | 1 tn Heb “to all”; for use of the preposition ל (lamed) to show inclusion (“all belonging to”) see GKC 458 §143.e. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 27:8) | 1 tn The verb is used impersonally; it reads “just as he showed you.” This form then can be made a passive in the translation. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 25:33) | 1 tn The text uses “one” again; “the one…the one” means “the one…and the next” in the distributive sense. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 25:19) | 2 tn The use of זֶה (zeh) repeated here expresses the reciprocal ideas of “the one” and “the other” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 26, §132). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 25:17) | 2 tn After verbs of making or producing, the accusative (like “gold” here) may be used to express the material from which something is made (see GKC 371 §117.hh). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 23:16) | 3 tn An infinitive construct with a preposition and a pronominal suffix is used to make a temporal clause: “in the ingathering of you.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 22:26) | 2 tn The clause uses the preposition, the infinitive construct, and the noun that is the subjective genitive—“at the going in of the sun.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 22:23) | 3 tn Here is the normal use of the infinitive absolute with the imperfect tense to emphasize the verb: “I will surely hear,” implying, “I will surely respond.” |
| (0.30) | (Exo 22:10) | 2 tn This verb is frequently used with the meaning “to take captive.” The idea here then is that raiders or robbers have carried off the animal. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 22:6) | 3 tn This is a Hiphil participle of the verb “to burn, kindle” used substantivally. This is the one who caused the fire, whether by accident or not. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 19:9) | 1 tn The construction uses the deictic particle and the participle to express the imminent future, what God was about to do. Here is the first announcement of the theophany. |
