Hakim-hakim 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ¹  and choose a king for themselves. ²  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ³ 

Hakim-hakim 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ⁴  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 13:15

13:15 Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, ⁶  so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.” ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 20:23

20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we ⁸  again march out to fight ⁹  the Benjaminites, our brothers?” ¹⁰  The Lord said, “Attack them!” ¹¹ 

[9:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Or “Rule over us!”

[11:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “he sent her.”

[11:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

[13:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “Please allow us to detain you.”

[13:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “so we can prepare before you a young goat of the goats.”

[20:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “I” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “approach for battle.”

[20:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Go up against him” (collective singular).