Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf
Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf
Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf
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ECCLESIASTES<br />
several times in Q. (cf. 2 28 7 9 n 10 ). In the book of Job it is spelled<br />
frjtt (see Job 5* 62 io 17<br />
i; 7<br />
)- T D ^] Hit., Wr., No., VI. and Ko. 3440<br />
take it as a part. Some regard it as a pure Kal., misspelled for *}p\<br />
others as a Hiph., "returning to a Kal." Del., however, regards<br />
it as<br />
a regular imperf. The latter is the preferable view. The sentence is<br />
similar to Prov. 12 17 iS 22 .<br />
2 l . ^JN 'mow]. The 'JN is pleonastic, as was the ^N of i 16 . Heng.<br />
claims that it is emphatic, but most scholars take the opposite view<br />
(cf. Gins., Zo., and Da. 107, rem. i). oSa] is a variant of the expression<br />
a 1<br />
? oy, i 16 . For parallel usage see the citations made there. The rest<br />
of the vs. shows that Q. was not saying in his heart, but talking to his<br />
heart, for he addresses to it an exhortation. (See BDB.) HJDJN] has oc-<br />
casioned much discussion. The Targ. and Mid., which Bick. follows,<br />
evidently read njpjN = "I will test it;" Iff made it a Ni. of 1W, "to pour<br />
out." AE. took it from "pj and supposed that "wine" was to be sup-<br />
plied as an object. Most modern interpreters follow (& and take it<br />
from ; so Heil., Zo., Del., Wr., No. and Ko. 44, 45/3. It is<br />
also found in 15<br />
5 7 23<br />
9 13 . As Del. noted, the use of nr in Q. resembles<br />
that of the Mishna (cf. also Introduction, 10). This form occurs,<br />
however, in earlier Heb., c). 2 K. 6 19 , and Ez. 40". The form of the<br />
question is identical with that in Gn. 3 13 .<br />
An<br />
nfefy] is fern. part. Kal agree-<br />
ing with PIT, which represents nriDfc'. Hit. supposed that some word like<br />
nc should be supplied after it, but it seems to be used as in Dn. 8 24<br />
in the meaning of "accomplish a purpose." Kn. compared<br />
it with<br />
Ju. 13" and Ez. 28 4<br />
, where definite objects follow it. 3. IIPD]. In