Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf
Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf
Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf
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ECCLESIASTES<br />
every period a synonym of nin- This usage occurs in NH. also, cf.<br />
Aboth, i 4 and 2 s<br />
, and for the idiom Ja. sub voce. See also Ko. 326h.<br />
For DINS] (& has tv T< avOpdiry. Probably there was a pre-Aqiban read-<br />
ing DINS. jvjn] is not nijn, but probably comes from the same root.<br />
BDB. renders it "longing," "striving." In the Tal. it means "desire,"<br />
"ambition," "greed" (cf. Ja. sub voce). Nina;] was read Nin^ by Ki.<br />
(cf. Ges.K -<br />
ch. 3 18 . SD and >Dts>n<br />
36), and is so read by Baer, Del., No. and VI. Cf. Drip,<br />
N-intp] Ha.'s metrical arrangement leads him<br />
to reject as glosses. 23. vo^ SD] is regarded by AE., Hit., Gr., Gins,<br />
and McN. as ace. of time, OOJOD being taken like Dj?a as a pred. of pjp.<br />
This is a possible construction. Del., Wr., Sieg., Ha. and Ko. (cf.<br />
3o6r) take it as the subj. of a nominal sentence, of which DOXDD is the<br />
predicate. D'O&OD]. Gins, remarks that this is a plural used to express<br />
an abstract idea. 0^51], see the comment on i 18 and for py, on i 13 . Del.<br />
and Wr. note that the pointing of waiv with kamec before DJJD is done be-<br />
cause D}72 is a segholate, having its accent on the first syllable, thus bring-<br />
before the tone. For similar cases see<br />
ing the vowel of i into an open syl.<br />
Lv. i8B Is. 65" and Pr. 25'. The sentence which begins here is nom-<br />
inal and its pred. is for emphasis placed first. Cf. Ko. 3380 33^],<br />
literally "lie down," is used for "sleep" (Gn. 28 13<br />
Ju. i6 3 and i S. 3").<br />
The rendering "rest" is a little free, but gives the sense. DJ]. U read<br />
a ~i before the last DJ, but this is unsupported by the other versions.<br />
S^n nt DJ] Zap. erases as a stereotyped gloss, which disturbs the<br />
metre, but Ha. finds it necessary to the metre here.<br />
24. Sieg., with no good reason, denies the last clause of the vs. to<br />
Q. It is thoroughly consistent with the point of view of such a<br />
Jew as Q. Sieg. is right in saying that in Q. 210 and raw rarely<br />
denote ethical good (as in 7 20 i2 14<br />
), but "convenience," "satisfaction,"<br />
1 - as in 2 2<br />
3 12 - 13 - 22 6 - 8<br />
4<br />
5"<br />
6 3 12<br />
7"- 2 12 - 8<br />
ii?. BDE. show that<br />
they seldom have ethical meaning in OT. 01x2] is a corruption from<br />
DixS, for that is the reading of (&BAC , &<br />
and TJ, and the construction<br />
in 6 12 and 8 15 . SsN'tf], before this word a D has fallen out. Gins., Gr., Del.,<br />
Wr., Eur., Wild., McN., Kit. and Ko. (3igh) have taken this view.<br />
SDSO'^D is supported by