17:4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What will I do with 1 this people? – a little more 2 and they will stone me!” 3
7:10 The Lord responded 4 to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? 5
10:5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. 6 And they all took a solemn oath.
9:9 “You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea. 7
1 tn The preposition lamed (ל) is here specification, meaning “with respect to” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 49, §273).
2 tn Or “they are almost ready to stone me.”
3 tn The perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive almost develops an independent force; this is true in sentences where it follows an expression of time, as here (see GKC 334 §112.x).
4 tn Heb “said.”
5 tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”
6 tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”
7 tn Heb “the Sea of Reeds.” Traditionally this is identified as the Red Sea, and the modern designation has been used in the translation for clarity.