Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Exo 34:22) | 1 tn The imperfect tense means “you will do”; it is followed by the preposition with a suffix to express the ethical dative to stress the subject. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 34:22) | 2 tn The expression is “the turn of the year,” which is parallel to “the going out of the year,” and means the end of the agricultural season. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 33:1) | 1 tn The two imperatives underscore the immediacy of the demand: “go, go up,” meaning “get going up” or “be on your way.” |
| (0.38) | (Exo 32:18) | 2 tn Heb “the sound of the answering of might,” meaning it is not the sound of shouting in victory (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 418). |
| (0.38) | (Exo 32:1) | 6 tn The plural translation is required here (although the form itself could be singular in meaning) because the verb that follows in the relative clause is a plural verb. |
| (0.38) | (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). |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 29:33) | 2 tn The Hebrew word is “stranger, alien” (זָר, zar). But in this context it means anyone who is not a priest (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 324). |
| (0.38) | (Exo 27:3) | 3 tn The text has “to all its vessels.” This is the lamed (ל) of inclusion according to Gesenius, meaning “all its utensils” (GKC 458 §143.e). |
| (0.38) | (Exo 27:1) | 3 tn Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, 291). |
| (0.38) | (Exo 27:1) | 1 tn The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 25:33) | 1 tn The text uses “one” again; “the one…the one” means “the one…and the next” in the distributive sense. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 22:9) | 5 tn The verb means “to be guilty” in Qal; in Hiphil it would have a declarative sense because a causative sense would not possibly fit. |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 22:13) | 1 tn The word עֵד (ʿed) actually means “witness,” but the dead animal that is returned is a silent witness, i.e., evidence. The word is an adverbial accusative. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 22:7) | 1 tn The word usually means “vessels” but can have the sense of household goods and articles. It could be anything from jewels and ornaments to weapons or pottery. |
| (0.38) | (Exo 21:2) | 5 tn The adverb חִנָּם (hinnam) means “gratis, free”; it is related to the verb “to be gracious, show favor” and the noun “grace.” |
| (0.38) | (Exo 16:12) | 3 tn The verb means “to be sated, satisfied”; in this context it indicates that they would have sufficient bread to eat—they would be full. |
