The translation is not literal; and in this Shem-Ṭob departed from the method of the earlier translators. As to the various names of diseases and medicaments, Shem-Ṭob employs all that he could find in the Bible and in Talmudic literature. Others he explains in a glossary.
The translation is not word-for-word; instead, Shem-Ṭob deviates from earlier translators' methods. Regarding various disease and medication names, Shem-Ṭob utilizes all available references from the Bible and Talmudic literature, while explaining others in a glossary.