³ tn Grk “if anyone serves – with strength…”

² tn The infinitive construct (“speaking”) serves as the direct object of the verb “finished.”

⁵ tn Heb “the place.” The Hebrew article serves here as a demonstrative.

⁴ tn The particle serves to emphasize, not restrict here (B. S. Childs, Exodus [OTL], 183, n. 15).

¹ tn The disjunctive vav (ו) serves here as a circumstantial clause indicator.

³ tn The verb with the infinitive serves as a verbal hendiadys: “return to see” means “see again.”

¹ tn Heb “from his tent, his security.” The apposition serves to modify the tent as his security.

² tn The imperfect verb serves to express what the covenant pact would cover, namely, “that you take.”

¹ tn The preposition serves as the beth essentiae – the glory is the abundant population, not in it.

¹ tn The sentence simply begins with “twelve years”; it serves as an adverbial accusative giving the duration of their bondage.

¹ tn The name “Obed” means “one who serves,” perhaps anticipating how he would help Naomi (see v. 15).

² tn The verbal idea serves here to modify “houses” as a relative clause; so a relative pronoun is added.

³ tn Heb “bread” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV), although the term often serves in a generic sense for food in general.

³ tn The two infinitives construct form the contrast in this “better” sayings; each serves as the subject of its respective clause.

¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated, see note on 2:2.

¹ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

¹ tn The introductory verbal form וַיְהִי (vayÿhi), traditionally rendered “and it came to pass,” serves as a temporal indicator and has not been translated here.

³ tn The repetition of “generation” in this expression serves as a periphrasis for the superlative: “to the remotest generation” (GKC 432 §133.l).

² tn The Piel infinitive construct is the object of the preposition; the whole phrase serves as the direct object of the verb “finished.”

² tn The Piel infinitive construct with the preposition serves as the direct object of the preceding verbal form, answering the question of what it was that they finished.