> The word NiR occurs again in Proverbs 31:18 (NeRaHh in pause with the 3fs
> pronominal suffix), of the diligent wife whose *lamp* burns all night as she
> labours on, burning the midnight oil, earning revenue for the family with
> her
> cottage industries.
>
> By contrast, the "lamp of the wicked" (NiR R:$a`iYM in 21:4) is burning all
> night whilst the baddies plot their nefarious deeds in the thieves' kitchen.
> This understanding makes sense of the parallelism in 21:4 too.
>
> Just a thought FWIW,
very nice. thanks
Jim
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Jim West
Quartz Hill School of Theology
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies