The book of Canticles; a new rhythmical translation with restoration of the Hebrew text and explanatory and critical notes by Paul Haupt - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...in Lebanon. Along the Litani (the upper course of the Nahr el-Qasimiye, N of Tyre, which forms the northern boundary of Palestine) and in the Antilibanus they are not so rare. Notes on No. 6. (1) Two hemistichs seem to have been lost at the beginning of the first stanza. They are here conjecturally restored (cf. n. 8 on No. 4) from the beginning of No. 12 (3,1); but, of course, the same idea may have been expressed differently, e. g., 'my dear one' was probably used instead of 'him whom I love' (lit., whom my soul loves). The preceding first verse of c. 5 in the Received Text has no connection with the following verses but belongs to the last two hemistichs of c. 4 (see No. 9). It is, however, possible that Mt. Hermon in 1 Chr. 5,23 is simply an explanatory gloss to the preceding name Shenir. (2) That is, my mind was alert (cf. n. 26 on No. 8); he was never out of her mind (cf.,& iy-)r?. L-, D 234, below; 76, 36). She slept, but lightly, so that she awoke at once when her lover knocked at the door. The whole incident may be imaginative but it is not a dream. The story is a poetic device to introduce the description of the beauty of the lover in vv. 10-16. When the maiden opens the door and finds her lover gone, she asks the maidens of her native town (LgJui-;Juo yyLij, D 308, 5) to help her find her lover, whereupon they ask, What distinguishes him from other youths? This gives the poet an opportunity to make the maiden describe the beauty of her lover. Songs describing the beauty of the lover are comparatively rare; as a rule, only the charms of the maiden are praised (cf. Nos. 2 and 8). D 242 (cf. ibid., p. xii, l. 5) gives but a single poem celebrating the beauty of a young man. (3) Cf. No. 10(2,8). (4) Supply, My dearest began to speak and said to m...