Keluaran 32:18
Konteks32:18 Moses 1 said, “It is not the sound of those who shout for victory, 2 nor is it the sound of those who cry because they are overcome, 3 but the sound of singing 4 I hear.” 5
Keluaran 34:30
Konteks34:30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; 6 and they were afraid to approach him.
[32:18] 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[32:18] 2 tn Heb “the sound of the answering of might,” meaning it is not the sound of shouting in victory (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 418).
[32:18] 3 tn Heb “the sound of the answering of weakness,” meaning the cry of the defeated (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 415).
[32:18] 4 tn Heb “answering in song” (a play on the twofold meaning of the word).
[32:18] 5 sn See A. Newman, “Compositional Analysis and Functional Ambiguity Equivalence: Translating Exodus 32, 17-18,” Babel 21 (1975): 29-35.
[34:30] 6 tn This clause is introduced by the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh); it has the force of pointing to something surprising or sudden.