Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, ...

[8:4] sn Ararat is the Hebrew name for Urartu, the name of a mountainous region located north of Mesopotamia in modern day eastern Turkey. See E. M. Yamauchi, ...

[8:2] tn The term אוּבַל ('uval = “stream, river”) is a relatively rare word in biblical Hebrew, found only here and in vv. 3 and 6. The Ulai was apparently a ...

[1:1] tn Where the Hebrew text has “Ahasuerus” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV) in this book the LXX has “Artaxerxes.” The ruler mentioned in the Hebrew text is Xerxes ...

Hebrew הָיָה (hayah) normally has meanings such as “to be” or “become.” Here, however, it describes Daniel's emotional and physical response to the enigmatic ...

[9:2] sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book ...

[12:8] tn Heb “he and his brothers.” [3:15] tn The Hebrew word translated “Siloam” is הַשֶּׁלַח (hashelakh, “water-channel”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV ...

8:22 The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over ... ” The Hebrew word יָרֵךְ (yarekh, “thigh”) is ... [8:31] sn The name Abimelech means “my father is king.

[28:2] sn The Hebrew word translated “rebellious” has rebellion as its basic meaning, and that is the idea here. The proverb is describing a time when ...

[8:7] sn In an oath one appeals to something permanent to emphasize one's commitment to the promise. Here the Lord sarcastically swears by the arrogance of ...