17:6 It sprouted and became a vine,
spreading low to the ground; 2
its branches turning toward him, 3 its roots were under itself. 4
So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
1 tn Heb “from your hand(s).” This refers to their power over the people.
2 tn Heb “short of stature.”
3 tn That is, the eagle.
4 tn Or “him,” i.e., the eagle.
3 tc The MT reads לְשֵׁם (lÿshem, “for a name”), meaning perhaps a renowned planting (place). The translation takes this to be a metathesis of שָׁלֹם (shalom) as was read by the LXX.
4 tn Heb “those gathered” for famine.