Ecclesiastes (Part-1 (original) (raw)

VEkklhsiastou/ ; /heb.,tl, h, ä qo in Ecc1:1) of the book. The Hebrew is the word Qohelet (also spelled Qoheleth, Kohelet, Koheleth) and it is usually referred to as Qohelet in scholarly articles. Qohelet can be used as a name or a title. As a title it seems to mean a ―caller of assemblies, ‖that is, one who calls the assembly together for teaching ―teacher,‖―speaker,‖ or ―Preacher, are all dynamic renderings. Although the word " Qoheleth " is understood as masculine, its form is Qal, feminine participle. Elsewhere the root qhl is always Hip˓il or Nip˓al (causative or reflexive/passive). Perhaps the feminine ending denotes the personification of wisdom.