First I read the context, these are the concluding verses of a section
referring to old age and death, in a poetic form.
Now your questions:
1) a) the article is not necessary b) look at the context of the preceding
sections, an article is not used either for XBL and GLT
2) The verb is Y$B, not $WB, it means to settle down, so the (L fits the
context of settling down upon the earth. The verb is a weqatal, not
wayyiqtol, fitting the context of the next section with its yiqtol.
I hope these answer your questions.
Karl W. Randolph.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:47 AM, <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:
I'm reading the chapter 12 of Qohelet._______________________________________________
1. In verse 6 > I wonder why or how the noun "kad" comes without the
article.
2. In verse 7 > I wonder why the preposition before "ha-arets" is "'al"
and
not 'el'. Preposition "el" seems to me it would be more "logical" than
"al"... unless the sense is the dust (resulting from corrupted flesh) goes
down, at the end, onto the surface of the earth...
Are there any good reasons for the lack of article in 6 and the
preposition
"al" --and not "el"-- in 7?
Pere
Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
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