8 S. Craig Glickman, Knowing Christ (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980), 139-140. 9 <strong>The</strong> analysis of Proverbs 22:6 is heavily influenced by Ted Hildebrandt, “Proverbs 22:6a: Train Up A Child?” Grace <strong>The</strong>ological Journal 9.1 (1988): 3-19. 10 Ibid., 3. 11 Daniel Sivan, Grammatical Analysis and Glossary of the Northwest Semitic Vocables in Akkadian Texts of the 15th-13th C.B.C. from Canaan and Syria (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 214, Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1984), 233, s.v. 12 <strong>The</strong> best lexical study is that of John MacDonald, “<strong>The</strong> Status and Role of the Na῾ar in Israelite Society,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 35.3 (1976): 147-170. 13 See Bruce K. Waltke, <strong>The</strong> Book of Proverbs, Chapters 15-31, NICOT(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), 203 - 205. 14 See Gordon P. Hugenberger, “Train Up a Child,” in Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. van Pelt, 2 nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001, 2007), 162-163. 15 Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, Proverbs, Vol. 2 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1950), 86-87. 16 Te d Hildebrandt, “Proverbs 22:6a : Train Up A Child?,” 3. 17 See R. Meyer and H. Donner, Wilhelm Gesenius Hebräisches und Aramäisches Handwörterbuch das Alte Testament, 18th ed. (Berlin: Springer, 2007), Lfg. 4, s.v. and David J. A. Clines, ed., <strong>The</strong> Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, Vol. 5: m-n (2001) (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001), s.v. 18 See Bruce K. Waltke, <strong>The</strong> Book of Proverbs, Chapters 15-31, 203n59, 205. 19 Class Notes, 1988, Ontario <strong>The</strong>ological <strong>Seminary</strong>, Toronto, Canada. 108
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