Discovery Box| (0.55026027419355) | (Hos 6:2) |
2 tn Heb “after two days” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV). The expression “after two days” is an idiom meaning “after a short time” (see, e.g., Judg 11:4; BDB 399 s.v. יוֹם 5.a). |
| (0.55026027419355) | (Zec 5:3) |
2 sn Stealing and swearing falsely (mentioned later in this verse) are sins against mankind and God respectively and are thus violations of the two major parts of the Ten Commandments. These two stipulations (commandments 8 and 3) represent the whole law. |
| (0.55026027419355) | (Zec 11:7) |
3 sn The two staffs represent the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah. For other examples of staffs representing tribes or nations see Num 17:1-11; Ezek 37:15-23. |
| (0.55026027419355) | (Mat 11:5) |
1 tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. Two other conjunctions are omitted in this series. |
| (0.55026027419355) | (Luk 10:35) |
2 sn The two silver coins were denarii. A denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s pay for a laborer; this would be an amount worth about two days’ pay. |
| (0.55026027419355) | (2Ti 3:2) |
2 tn Or “self-centered.” The first two traits in 2 Tim 3:2 and the last two in 3:4 are Greek words beginning with the root “lovers of,” and so bracket the list at beginning and end. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Gen 18:10) |
5 tn This is the first of two disjunctive parenthetical clauses preparing the reader for Sarah’s response (see v. 12). |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Gen 19:2) |
2 tn These two verbs form a verbal hendiadys: “you can rise up early and go” means “you can go early.” |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Gen 19:22) |
1 tn Heb “Be quick! Escape to there!” The two imperatives form a verbal hendiadys, the first becoming adverbial. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Gen 22:5) |
2 tn The Hebrew verb is masculine plural, referring to the two young servants who accompanied Abraham and Isaac on the journey. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Gen 28:2) |
1 tn Heb “Arise! Go!” The first of the two imperatives is adverbial and stresses the immediacy of the departure. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Gen 31:14) |
1 tn The two nouns may form a hendiadys, meaning “a share in the inheritance” or “a portion to inherit.” |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 15:25) |
6 tn This translation interprets the two nouns as a hendiadys: “a statute and an ordinance” becomes “a binding ordinance.” |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 16:23) |
3 tn The two verbs in these objective noun clauses are desiderative imperfects – “bake whatever you want to bake.” |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 26:24) |
1 tn Heb “they will be for the two corners.” This is the last clause of the verse, moved forward for clarity. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 29:27) |
1 sn These are the two special priestly offerings: the wave offering (from the verb “to wave”) and the “presentation offering” (older English: heave offering; from a verb “to be high,” in Hiphil meaning “to lift up,” an item separated from the offering, a contribution). The two are then clarified with two corresponding relative clauses containing two Hophals: “which was waved and which was presented.” In making sacrifices, the breast and the thigh belong to the priests. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 32:7) |
1 tn The two imperatives could also express one idea: “get down there.” In other words, “Make haste to get down.” |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 32:27) |
2 tn The two imperatives form a verbal hendiadys: “pass over and return,” meaning, “go back and forth” throughout the camp. |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Exo 34:8) |
1 tn The first two verbs form a hendiadys: “he hurried…he bowed,” meaning “he quickly bowed down.” |
| (0.54706064516129) | (Num 12:3) |
1 tc The spelling of the word is a Kethib-Qere reading with only a slight difference between the two. |
