Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Ens" <dens AT callisto.uwinnipeg.ca>]

Hello there.  I am a first year Biblical Hebrew student and have been 
enjoying the dialogue on this list.  I am working on Ecclesiastes 3.1-8 and 
am puzzled by the reference to throwing and gathering stones in verse 5.  
All the other verses, with the exception of verse 8 contain parallelisms 
between parts A and B of the verse.  However, I am finding it difficult to 
make a parallel between:
                  A time to throw out stones and a time to gather stones
                  A time to embrace and a time to be distant from 
embracing

Is there something significant about the stones that I am not aware of?  
Any thoughts?

Thanks - Dave Ens
Winnipeg, MB