Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Pere:
Boy are you having trouble with this verse!

First of all, GLGL refers to an object that can be rolled. While the most
common usage is to refer to a wheel, it is also used to refer to a tumble
weed Isaiah 17:13 Psalm 83:13 and in this case I think it refers to a body,
wrapped up being taken to a grave. The word that specifically means "wheel"
is )WPN.

BWR refers to an excavation, dug out pit. Sometimes that dug out pit was
also used as a well, other times dry. In Genesis 40 it was the prison that
Joseph worked in, sounds like a quarry. It can also be a grave.

The word that specifically refers to a well is B)R.

So the final section refers to the rollable object is moved quickly unto the
dug out pit. The reason for )L instead of the prefix B- is because we are
looking at movement towards the dug out pit.

Where do you get the idea of breakage and pieces?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:09 AM, <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:

> The last words in Ecc 12:6 are "el ha-bor", to the well.
> I'm wondering why preposition "el" and not preposition "b" is used here.
> Namely, why "el ha-bor" and not "ba-bor" (last word in Gn 40:15).
>
> Does "el" mean that the "galgal" breaks and its broken pieces fall into
> the
> well?
>
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)