[18:12] 1 tn Heb “saying.”
[18:12] 2 tn It has been suggested that this word should be translated “conception,” not “pleasure.” See A. A. McIntosh, “A Third Root ‘adah in Biblical Hebrew,” VT 24 (1974): 454-73.
[18:12] 3 tn The word “too” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.