Footnotes

1. Exodus 14:5 tn Heb “and it was told.” The present translation uses “reported,” since this involves information given to a superior.
2. Exodus 14:5 tn The verb must be given a past perfect translation because the fleeing occurred before the telling.
3. Exodus 14:5 tn Heb “and they said.” The referent (the king and his servants) is supplied for clarity.
4. Exodus 14:5 tn The question literally is “What is this we have done?” The demonstrative pronoun is used as an enclitic particle for emphasis (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).
5. Exodus 14:5 tn Heb “released Israel.” By metonymy the name of the nation is used collectively for the people who constitute it (the Israelites).