Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Are you sure, Karl, that HLK here (Ecc 6:9) is a noun and not a verb in the Qal Infinitive construct so that NP$ depends on it?

 

Kind regards.

 

Pere Porta

2013/1/11 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

Pere:

Could you please give your translation of the verse to give your understanding of the context? The context is the number one reason I question your conclusion, so if you have a good reason based on the context, I can agree with you.

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:

Dear b-hebrew listers,

 

The word NP$, as it has been traditionally understood in Ecc 6:9, does not rightly fit here, in this verse?

Karl, remark that verbs ayin-waw keep the waw in the Niphal past or perfect.

Look at Is 25:10 (w'nadw$) and compare with du$ in Hos 10:11.

Not always. See BWK in Joel 1:18 and as a participle in Exodus 14:3. Or BWQ in Isaiah 19:3. Yet MWG in Exodus 15:15, Joshua 2:9, 24.

 

I think it is unlikely NP$ in Ecc 6:9 is a Niphal. It is the noun that menas "soul", "person".

As I said above, you need to show how it fits the context, not just the form. 

 

Greetings from

 

Pere Porta

Look forward to your answer.

Karl W. Randolph.

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Pere Porta