Translation reportedly began in Egypt in the third century B.C.E. and may have been finished by 150 B.C.E. This translation is still important, as it gives scholars insight into the meaning of certain obscure Hebrew words and passages.
وَلَا تَزَالُ لِهٰذِهِ ٱلتَّرْجَمَةِ أَهَمِّيَّتُهَا ،‏ لِأَنَّهَا تُمَكِّنُ ٱلْعُلَمَاءَ مِنْ فَهْمِ مَعَانِي بَعْضِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ وَٱلْآيَاتِ ٱلْغَامِضَةِ فِي ٱلنَّصِّ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّ .‏