Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Rut 3:1) | 1 tn The phrase “sometime later” does not appear in Hebrew but is supplied to mark the implicit shift in time from the events in chapter 2. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 21:22) | 4 tn This sentence is not in the Hebrew text. It is supplied in the translation to clarify the logic of the statement. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 19:27) | 1 tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 19:26) | 1 tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 18:28) | 1 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 18:28) | 4 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 18:27) | 2 tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons because it is redundant in English. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 17:4) | 2 tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 16:13) | 1 tn Heb “head” (also in the following verse). By metonymy the head is mentioned in the Hebrew text in place of the hair on it. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 14:15) | 4 tn The Hebrew text expands the statement: “burn up with fire.” The words “with fire” are redundant in English and have been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 14:3) | 3 tn “Her” is first in the Hebrew word order for emphasis. Samson wanted this Philistine girl, no one else. See C. F. Burney, Judges, 357. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 13:8) | 4 tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (viʾirenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (veyorenu, “to teach”). |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 12:3) | 4 tn The Hebrew adds “against me” here. This is redundant in English and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:40) | 2 tn Heb “go to commemorate.” The rare Hebrew verb תָּנָה (tanah, “to tell; to repeat; to recount”) occurs only here and in 5:11. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:31) | 2 tn The language is fluid enough to include women and perhaps even animals, but the translation uses the masculine pronoun because the Hebrew form is grammatically masculine. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:25) | 1 tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:23) | 3 tn Heb “will you dispossess him [i.e., Israel; or possibly “it,” i.e., the territory]?” There is no interrogative marker in the Hebrew text. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:18) | 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel; the pronoun in the Hebrew text represents a collective singular) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:13) | 4 tc The translation assumes a singular suffix (“[return] it”); the Hebrew text has a plural suffix (“[return] them”), which, if retained, might refer to the cities of the land. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 9:37) | 1 tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79. |
