[24:6] 1 tn Heb “as valleys they spread forth.”
[24:6] 2 tn Or “rows of palms.”
[24:6] 3 sn The language seems to be more poetic than precise. N. H. Snaith notes that cedars do not grow beside water; he also connects “aloes” to the eaglewood that is more exotic, and capable of giving off an aroma (Leviticus and Numbers [NCB], 298).
[14:9] 4 tn The personification adds to the comparison with people – the tree is credited with the sense of smell to detect the water.
[14:9] 5 tn The sense of “flourish” for this verb is found in Ps 92:12,13[13,14], and Prov 14:11. It makes an appropriate parallel with “bring forth boughs” in the second half.