Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Psa 18:2) | 2 sn My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 6:3) | 1 tn Heb “my being is very terrified.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 6:4) | 1 tn Heb “my being,” or “my life.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts. |
| (0.30) | (Job 34:10) | 1 tn Heb “men of heart.” The “heart” is used for the capacity to understand and make the proper choice. It is often translated “mind.” |
| (0.30) | (Job 20:11) | 1 tn “Bones” is often used metonymically for the whole person, the bones being the framework, meaning everything inside, as well as the body itself. |
| (0.30) | (Job 19:3) | 1 sn The number “ten” is a general expression to convey that this has been done often (see Gen 31:7; Num 14:22). |
| (0.30) | (Job 18:6) | 1 sn This thesis of Bildad will be questioned by Job in 21:17—how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 22:2) | 2 sn My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 15:12) | 1 tn Traditionally, “counselor,” but this term is more often associated with psychological counseling today, so “adviser” was used in the translation instead. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:21) | 3 tn The term נַעַר (naʿar), here translated “boy,” often refers to a servant or apprentice in line for a position of authority. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:11) | 1 tn The term נַעַר (naʿar), here translated “boy,” often refers to a servant or apprentice in line for a position of authority. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 15:18) | 2 tn Heb “the hand of uncircumcised.” “Hand” often represents power or control. “The uncircumcised [ones]” is used as a pejorative and in the context refers to the Philistines. |
| (0.30) | (Num 36:4) | 1 tn The verb הָיָה (hayah) is most often translated “to be,” but it can also mean “to happen, to take place, to come to pass,” etc. |
| (0.30) | (Num 23:10) | 2 tn The perfect tense can also be classified as a potential nuance. It does not occur very often, but does occur several times. |
| (0.30) | (Num 20:24) | 1 sn This is the standard poetic expression for death. The bones would be buried, often with the bones of relatives in the same tomb, giving rise to the expression. |
| (0.30) | (Num 14:40) | 1 tn The verb וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ (vayyashkimu) is often found in a verbal hendiadys construction: “They rose early…and they went up” means “they went up early.” |
| (0.30) | (Num 12:11) | 1 tn The expression בִּי אֲדֹנִי (bi ʾadoni, “O my lord”) shows a good deal of respect for Moses by Aaron. The expression is often used in addressing God. |
| (0.30) | (Lev 2:4) | 4 tn The Hebrew word מְשֻׁחִים (meshukhim) translated here as “smeared” is often translated “anointed” in other contexts. Cf. TEV “brushed with olive oil” (CEV similar). |
| (0.30) | (Exo 34:35) | 2 tn Verbs of seeing often take two accusatives. Here, the second is the noun clause explaining what it was about the face that they saw. |
| (0.30) | (Exo 15:4) | 1 tn Gesenius notes that the sign of the accusative, often omitted in poetry, is not found in this entire song (GKC 363 §117.b). |
