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  • From: Ron Snider <sarasotapt AT comcast.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Ecclesiastes 7:7
  • Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:21:51 -0500

I recognized that I did not phrase my question very well...What I was referring to was the verb Piel imperfect 'BD', which is 3ms and the final noun MTNH which is the feminine subject. You have translated as though the heart is the subject of the verb, but it is marked with the sign of the direct object. The heart is the object of the gift or bribe. The verse very much appears to be talking about the effects of money (extortion and bribery) on a wise man and the fact that he is capable of falling to either one.
In any case, Williams points out his work that it is not uncommon for a masculine verb to begin a clause and have a feminine noun as the subject.

Ron Snider





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