The Meaning of the Word «kelah» in Job 5:26 and 30:2: Textual and Philological Analysis

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  • Dmitry LAVROV

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The Meaning of the Word «kelah» in Job 5, 26 and 30, 2, Textual and Philological Analysis

Abstract

This article presents a textual-philological study of the Hebrew word x;l,K. Different methods of interpretation of x;l,K are analyzed in the article, beginning with ancient translations (Septuagint, Peshitta, Vulgate, Targum), medieval Jewish interpreters (Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Rabbi David Kimµi, Menachem Ben Saruq, Rabbi Shlomo Itzhaki), and scholars and interpreters of Ta’anach of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Special attention is paid to existing translations of the book of Job into Russian.
The author affirms that x;l,K in the book of Job means “ear, harvest.” The suggested conclusion is based on the explanation of x;l,K as an earlier form of word xlq in the Mishnaic Hebrew, the structure of parallelism, the context of the explored passages, and textual evidence from the Septuagint, Vulgate and the Masoretic texts.

Author Biography

Dmitry LAVROV

Dmitry Lavrov – master of Arts, Old Testament professor in Kubun Evangelical Christian Universety (Krasnodar, Russia).

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LAVROV, Dmitry. 2006. “The Meaning of the Word «kelah» in Job 5:26 and 30:2: Textual and Philological Analysis”. Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, no. 7 (December):51-63. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/89714.

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