Peter Craigie observes: “There are many words employed in the Hebrew text whose meanings are unclear and, sometimes, unknown; translators prior to the 20th century surmised, by various means, their possible meaning.
युगारिटिक लिखाणांचा, प्रामुख्याने, बायबलच्या हिब्रू भाषेच्या साहाय्याने सर्वप्रथम अनुवाद करण्यात आला होता.