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1) [line 14] "...V'ES EILEI HA'ARETZ LAKACH." - "...and he took away the mighty of the land." (Yechezkel 17:13) - The Gemara proves from this verse that the word Eil means strong or hard

2) [line 19] "[V'YOSER SHE'HAYAH KOHELES CHACHAM; OD LIMAD DA'AS ES HA'AM,] V'IZEN V'CHIKER, TIKEN MESHALIM HARBEH." - "[And besides Koheles being wise; he also taught the people knowledge,] for he weighed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs." (Koheles 12:9)

3) [line 20] KEFIFAH - a basket
4) [line 21] OZNAYIM - handles
5) [line 21] "[B'ORACH RESHA'IM AL TAVO; V'AL TE'ASHER B'DERECH RA'IM.] PERA'EHU, AL TA'AVOR BO. SETEH ME'ALAV VA'AVOR." - "[Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.] Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away." (Mishlei 4:14-15)

6) [line 24] BEDUSA HI - it is fiction, i.e. a mistake
7) [line 26] "U'SHMARTEM ES MISHMARTI..." - "Therefore shall you keep My ordinance...that you not defile yourselves; I am HaSh-m your G-d." (Vayikra 18:30)

8) [line 26] ASU MISHMERES L'MISHMARTI - (lit. make a guard for My guard) enact Rabbinical measures to prevent a transgression of the Biblical laws

9) [line 31] CHORGO - his step-son
10) [line 37] ARBA NASHIM YESH LAHEM HEFSEK - there are four women who they themselves are forbidden and not the corresponding women of the previous or subsequent generations

11) [line 40] V'SIMANICH D'ILAEI D'RAV- and a memory device with which to remember the woman whom Ze'iri added is that she belongs to the generation "that is above, i.e. precedes, the generation of Rav"

12) [last line] L'HASAM SHECHI'ACH V'AZIL - a person regularly goes to his father's household (and realizes the relationships involved there, more than the relationships of his mother's household)

13) [line 8] KALDA'EI - stargazers; astrologers
14) [line 8] MELAFNA HAVEIS - you shall be a teacher
15) [line 9] ASBERA MI'DA'ATI - I will explain it ("Lo Asru Kalah Ela Mipnei Kalah") through my own reasoning

16) [line 9] MAKREI DARDEKEI - a teacher of young boys (who teaches them to read verses)

17) [line 10] ASHAILAH ME'RABANAN D'ASU L'VEI CHENISHTA - I will ask its meaning from the scholars who come to the synagogue (where the young boys learn their lessons)

18) [line 12] ASBERAH LACH - I will explain it to you; I will give you an example

19) [line 13] KALASAH D'VEI BAR TZISA'I - the daughters-in-law of the household of Bar Tzisa'i (who's son and daughter each had a daughter-in-law) [It seems that these were the only great-daughters-in-law in Bar Tzisa'i's household and therefore served as a vivid example]

20) [line 24] D'VEI IMA RABASI KARU LEI - they are both called grandmother
21) [line 31] D'VEI DODEI KARI LEHU - they are both called uncle's wives
22) [line 48] HA ISPALIG DARTA - it is one generation removed [and does not warrant a prohibition]

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