⁴ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV’s “the substance of his dream.”

¹ tc The LXX lacks the first two words (Aram “the visions of my head”) of the Aramaic text.

² tn Heb “an object of lasting hissing. All who pass that way will be appalled and shake their head.”

¹ tn Heb “with your hands on your head.” For the picture here see 2 Sam 13:19.

⁷ sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.

¹ tn Heb “his harm [i.e., the harm he conceived for others, see v. 14] returns on his head.”

¹ tn The word is a homonym for the word for “head,” which has led to some confusion in the early versions.

¹ tc The final comment (“one on whose head the royal crown has been”) is not included in the LXX.

² tn Heb “the heads of the fathers, to the house of their fathers, and all of them by name.”

¹ tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”

⁵ tn The word is literally “corners,” but may refer to the corners of the head, and so “skull.”

¹ tn Heb “And a man or a woman if there is in him an infection in head or in beard.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the skin of his flesh” as opposed to the head or the beard (v. 29).

² tn The שֶּׂה (seh) is a single head from the flock, or smaller cattle, which would include both sheep and goats.

¹ tn Heb “heads of the fathers” is taken as an abbreviation for the description of “households” in v. 14.

² sn The baker may be the Egyptian retehti, the head of the bakers, who had privileges in the royal court.

¹ tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

² tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

³ sn The action of lifting up the head is a symbol of pride and honor and self-respect (Judg 8:28)—like “hold your head high.” In 11:15 the one who is at peace with God lifts his head (face).

¹ tc Heb “your heads, your tribes.” The Syriac presupposes either “heads of your tribes” or “your heads, your judges,” etc. (reading שֹׁפְטֵכֶם [shof^etekhem] for שִׁבְטֵיכֶם [shivtekhem]). Its comparative difficulty favors the originality of the MT reading. Cf. KJV “your captains of your tribes”; NRSV “the leaders of your tribes”; NLT “your tribal leaders.”