Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf

ECCLESIASTES
several times in Q. (cf. 2 28 7 9 n 10 ). In the book of Job it is spelled
frjtt (see Job 5* 62 io 17
i; 7
)- T D ^] Hit., Wr., No., VI. and Ko. 3440
take it as a part. Some regard it as a pure Kal., misspelled for *}p\
others as a Hiph., "returning to a Kal." Del., however, regards
it as
a regular imperf. The latter is the preferable view. The sentence is
similar to Prov. 12 17 iS 22 .
2 l . ^JN 'mow]. The 'JN is pleonastic, as was the ^N of i 16 . Heng.
claims that it is emphatic, but most scholars take the opposite view
(cf. Gins., Zo., and Da. 107, rem. i). oSa] is a variant of the expression
a 1
? oy, i 16 . For parallel usage see the citations made there. The rest
of the vs. shows that Q. was not saying in his heart, but talking to his
heart, for he addresses to it an exhortation. (See BDB.) HJDJN] has oc-
casioned much discussion. The Targ. and Mid., which Bick. follows,
evidently read njpjN = "I will test it;" Iff made it a Ni. of 1W, "to pour
out." AE. took it from "pj and supposed that "wine" was to be sup-
plied as an object. Most modern interpreters follow (& and take it
from ; so Heil., Zo., Del., Wr., No. and Ko. 44, 45/3. It is
also found in 15
5 7 23
9 13 . As Del. noted, the use of nr in Q. resembles
that of the Mishna (cf. also Introduction, 10). This form occurs,
however, in earlier Heb., c). 2 K. 6 19 , and Ez. 40". The form of the
question is identical with that in Gn. 3 13 .
An
nfefy] is fern. part. Kal agree-
ing with PIT, which represents nriDfc'. Hit. supposed that some word like
nc should be supplied after it, but it seems to be used as in Dn. 8 24
in the meaning of "accomplish a purpose." Kn. compared
it with
Ju. 13" and Ez. 28 4
, where definite objects follow it. 3. IIPD]. In