On 03/27/2012 01:55 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > Dear b-hebrew listers, > > Ecc 9:12 -- Literally the Hebrew says: "Moreover, man does not know his > time..........". > I remark that the first seven words in Ecc 9:12 are often understood -as > shown in several translations- as "the humans do not know when they will > die". > > Do you feel this is a misunderstanding of the text? > What does the Hebrew text really mean? >
Certainly death is one event that one (generally) does not know when it will occur. But don't you think Qohelet has chapter three's poem on time in mind? -- Blessings, Kirk -- Kirk E. Lowery, PhD President & Senior Research Fellow The J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research -- $DO || ! $DO ; try try: command not found _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
