A Note on Proverbs 22:16
Proverbs 22:16 is plagued by syntactical ambiguity. In the light of the history of the aphorism’s reception, this note proposes a syntactical solution to the proverb’s syntactical openness: it is an unmarked יֵשׁ of reflection, which introduces paradoxical phenomena.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2025, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-9 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebrew language
/ Ambiguity
/ Parsing
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bibel. Sprichwörter, 22,16
B יֵשׁ of reflection B Prov 22:16 |
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| Summary: | Proverbs 22:16 is plagued by syntactical ambiguity. In the light of the history of the aphorism’s reception, this note proposes a syntactical solution to the proverb’s syntactical openness: it is an unmarked יֵשׁ of reflection, which introduces paradoxical phenomena. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-bja10162 |