Keluaran 3:3

3:3 So Moses thought, ¹  “I will turn aside to see ²  this amazing ³  sight. Why does the bush not burn up?” ⁴ 

Keluaran 11:6

11:6 There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, ⁵  nor ever will be again. ⁶ 

Keluaran 15:10

15:10 But ⁷  you blew with your breath, and ⁸  the sea covered them.

They sank ⁹  like lead in the mighty waters.

[3:3]  ¹ tn Heb “And Moses said.” The implication is that Moses said this to himself.

[3:3]  ² tn The construction uses the cohortative אָסֻרָה־נָּא (’asura-nna’) followed by an imperfect with vav (וְאֶרְאֶה, vÿ’er’eh) to express the purpose or result (logical sequence): “I will turn aside in order that I may see.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Heb “great.” The word means something extraordinary here. In using this term Moses revealed his reaction to the strange sight and his anticipation that something special was about to happen. So he turned away from the flock to investigate.

[3:3]  ⁴ tn The verb is an imperfect. Here it has the progressive nuance – the bush is not burning up.

[11:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “which like it there has never been.”

[11:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and like it it will not add.”

[15:10]  ⁷ tn “But” has been supplied here.

[15:10]  ⁸ tn Here “and” has been supplied.

[15:10]  ⁹ tn The verb may have the idea of sinking with a gurgling sound, like water going into a whirlpool (R. A. Cole, Exodus [TOTC], 124; S. R. Driver, Exodus, 136). See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, “The Song of Miriam,” JNES 14 (1955): 243-47.