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  • From: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ecclesiastes 6:9 “better than going ??”
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:40:29 +0100

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



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