[11:4] tn The two Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this verse describe the Lord 's characteristic activity. [11:4] ...

2:11 When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country – Eliphaz the Temanite, ...

When the Lord “tests” human hearts, the test, whatever form it takes, is designed to improve the value of the one being tested. Evil and folly will be ...

The idea here is “to gather together; to look over; to investigate,” or possibly even “to number” as it is used in the book of Numbers. The verb is the perfect ...

[22:1] sn The Hebrew verb used here means “to test; to try; to prove.” In this passage God tests Abraham to see if he would be obedient. See T. W. Mann ...

In the Babylonian literature the name bab-ili meant “the gate of God,” but in Hebrew it sounds like the word for “confusion,” and so retained that connotation.

2:11 Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. ... For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves ...

You watch me and you test my heart toward you.” [12:3] sn ... book of Jeremiah's foes, always of political enemies. ... [17:11] tn The Hebrew text merely says “it.

[7:13] tn Heb “and he said.” The subject is unexpressed, but the reference to “my God” at the end of the verse indicates the prophet is speaking.

... Hebrew verb לְכָה (lÿkhah, “Come!”) is a weakened imperative, used merely as an introductory word, e.g., Gen 19:32; 31:44; Judg 19:11; 1 Sam 9:9-10; 11:14 ...