⁴ tn Heb “for the head of the one who sells.” The term “head” functions as a synecdoche of part (= head) for the whole (= person). The head is here emphasized because it is the “crowning” point of praise. The direct object (“it”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

⁴ sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief.

³ sn Along with putting dirt on one’s head, wearing sackcloth was a sign of mourning.

¹ sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18).

³ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”

¹ tn Heb “they will go into exile at the head of the exiles.”

⁵ tn Grk “and he gave him as head over all things to the church.”

¹ tn Heb “Pharaoh will lift up your head.” This Hebrew idiom usually refers to restoring dignity, office, or power. It is comparable to the modern saying “someone can hold his head up high.”

² tn The “mouth of its head” probably means its neck; it may be rendered “the opening for the head,” except the pronominal suffix would have to refer to Aaron, and that is not immediately within the context.

¹ tn The line does not include the word “head”; it literally has “after the consecrating of himself his consecrated [head].” The infinitive construct is here functioning in the temporal clause with the suffix as the subject and the object following.

¹ tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.

² sn May my head not refuse choice oil. The psalmist compares the constructive criticism of the godly (see the previous line) to having refreshing olive oil poured over one’s head.

¹ sn The personification of wisdom continues with the bestowal of a wreath for the head (e.g., 1:9). The point is that grace will be given to the individual like a wreath about the head.

³ tn Heb “and make every head bald.” This could be understood in a variety of ways, while the ritual act of mourning typically involved shaving the head (although occasionally the hair could be torn out as a sign of mourning).

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

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

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

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

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

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