Discovery Box| (0.62118704545455) | (Rom 4:17) |
1 sn A quotation from Gen 17:5. The quotation forms a parenthesis in Paul’s argument. |
| (0.62118704545455) | (Eph 5:14) |
4 sn A composite quotation, possibly from Isa 26:19, 51:17, 52:1, and 60:1. |
| (0.62118704545455) | (Col 3:22) |
1 tn On this word here and in 4:1, see the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7. |
| (0.62118704545455) | (1Th 5:1) |
1 tn Grk “concerning the times and the seasons,” a reference to future periods of eschatological fulfillment (cf. Acts 1:7). |
| (0.62118704545455) | (1Th 5:8) |
2 tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17). |
| (0.62118704545455) | (Heb 7:21) |
3 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6, 6:20, and 7:17). |
| (0.62118704545455) | (Rev 12:11) |
2 sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25. |
| (0.61825372727273) | (Sos 4:4) |
1 tn The term מִגְּדַל (miggÿdal, “tower”) refers to a military structure, such as a stronghold, arsenal, or defensive tower on the walls of a city (e.g., Judg 8:9, 17; 9:51; 2 Kgs 9:17; 17:9; 18:8; 2 Chr 14:6; 26:15; 27:4; 32:5). |
| (0.58287084090909) | (Psa 112:9) |
3 tn Heb “his horn will be lifted up in honor.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Gen 16:13) |
2 sn For a discussion of Hagar’s exclamation, see T. Booij, “Hagar’s Words in Genesis 16:13b,” VT 30 (1980): 1-7. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Gen 17:19) |
1 tn Heb “will call his name Isaac.” The name means “he laughs,” or perhaps “may he laugh” (see the note on the word “laughed” in v. 17). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Gen 17:20) |
3 tn For a discussion of the Hebrew word translated “princes,” see E. A. Speiser, “Background and Function of the Biblical Nasi’,” CBQ 25 (1963): 111-17. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Gen 25:9) |
1 sn The cave of Machpelah was the place Abraham had purchased as a burial place for his wife Sarah (Gen 23:17-18). |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Gen 39:6) |
6 tn Heb “handsome of form and handsome of appearance.” The same Hebrew expressions were used in Gen 29:17 for Rachel. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Exo 12:39) |
1 sn For the use of this word in developing the motif, see Exod 2:17, 22; 6:1; and 11:1. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Exo 14:16) |
1 tn The conjunction plus pronoun (“and you”) is emphatic – “and as for you” – before the imperative “lift up.” In contrast, v. 17 begins with “and as for me, I….” |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Exo 32:17) |
1 sn See F. C. Fensham, “New Light from Ugaritica V on Ex, 32:17 (br’h),” JNSL 2 (1972): 86-7. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Exo 32:18) |
5 sn See A. Newman, “Compositional Analysis and Functional Ambiguity Equivalence: Translating Exodus 32, 17-18,” Babel 21 (1975): 29-35. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Lev 5:10) |
2 sn The term “[standard] regulation” (מִשְׁפָּט, mishppat) here refers to the set of regulations for burnt offering birds in Lev 1:14-17. |
| (0.58033045454545) | (Lev 17:3) |
3 tn The original LXX adds “or the sojourners who sojourn in your midst” (cf. Lev 16:29, etc., and note esp. 17:8, 10, and 13 below). |
