¹ sn Greediness refers to an increasing desire for more and more. The point is that sinful passions and desires are never satisfied.

² tc The Kethib is written מַחֲמוֹדֵּיהֶם (makhamodehem, “her desired things”); the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss read מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם (makhamaddehem, “her desirable things”). The Qere reading should be adopted.

² tn The Hitpael jussive is from the verb that means “to crave; to desire.” This is more of a coveting, an intense desire.

⁴ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

³ tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

³ tn The Hebrew word תַּאֲוָה (taʾavah, translated “attractive” here) actually means “desirable.” This term and the later term נֶחְמָד (nekhmad, “desirable”) are synonyms.

² tn Heb “desirable of sight [or “appearance”].” The phrase describes the kinds of trees that are visually pleasing and yield fruit that is desirable to the appetite.

² tn With a single verb and object, this clause means “pursue sensuous desires in opposition to Christ.”

² tn Grk “burned with intense desire” (L&N 25.16).

¹ tn Or “desirable”; traditionally “pleasant” (so many English versions; cf. TEV “This good land”).

¹ tn Heb “they desire fields and rob [them], and houses and take [them] away.”

⁶ tc The form עֶמְדָּתוֹ (ʿemdato) should be emended to חֲמַדְּתוֹ (khamadto, “his (the conqueror’s) desire”).

² tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn The metaphor is intended to depict Israel’s irrepressible desire to worship other gods.

² tn Heb “but it accomplishes what I desire, and succeeds in what I commission it with.”

⁴ tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

² tn Heb “your name and your remembrance [are] the desire of [our?] being.”

² tn The term מַחֲמַדִּים (makhamaddim, “desirable”) is the plural form of the noun מַחְמַד (makhmad, “desire, desirable thing, precious object”; HALOT 570 s.v. מַחְמָד 1; BDB 326 s.v. מַחְמַד). Like the plural מַמְתַקִּים (“sweetness”) in the preceding parallel line, this use of the plural is probably an example of the plural of intensity: “very desirable.”

² tn Heb “There is no lack in respect to his appetite”; or “his desire lacks nothing.”

⁴ tn Heb “a desire that comes”; cf. CEV “a wish that comes true.”