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.
Shem-Ṭob's translation is not a straightforward rendering; rather, it deviates from earlier translators' methods. For terms related to diseases and medications, Shem-Ṭob draws upon all relevant sources in the Bible and Talmudic literature, providing explanations for remaining terms in a glossary.