Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

NOTES ON TEXT 185

which is to appear soon; the difficulties of the verse
are now removed.

L. 65. ןנקל] Participle, like the following ונקל ;ונדמה, as
suggested by Joseph, would be a Perfect and out of
place here.

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ידע מכאבינו

L. 1. מכ&בינו] So all the texts in keeping with Ex. 3,7;
the rhyme requires מכותינו, in which case the
Pathah furt. of ידע would not be counted met-
rically.

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כלה לך כלתה

L. 2 חלתה] The ל without Dagesh, metri causa, as לחה$
Ez. 17,7; 31,4 et al.

L. 10. ן3פע!ה] with short syllable before the metre Mustaf-
'ilun, in spite of Halper's conclusions (JQR., I. c.,
p. 169 and 183).

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כי בא אור

L. 5. In the literal quotation of Bible verses the metre
is neglected, as I have often pointed out. In
this poem there is another instance in 1. 9. In
view of this the correction עך^י for עד (Prov. 6,9)
in 1. 16 may be superfluous.