Ecclesiastes - GA Barton - 1908.pdf

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ECCLESIASTES
"words," are rightly followed by most recent interpreters.
cf. K6. 3186. H adds after the words of MT. in this vs. majora
se querere (=l|5.ri tfpaS? C/. Est. 9"). Zap. (Kohelet, p. 14) thinks
that the metre makes it necessary to adopt an equivalent for these words
of H, to fill out the line. The words are an ancient gloss supplied to
relieve a supposed abruptness in the sentence, but their absence from
all other versions attests that they were a late addition to the text.
12. iflDs], an ace. oMime, cf. K6. 33 la, also ch. 5". )San "n], an
attrib. gen., cf. Da. 24 (c). O^M]; nfpp, in the sense of "spend time,"
is without parallel in BH., but occurs in Midrash Tillim (cf. Ja. ii25a).