Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 18:11 - 18:11

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 18:11 - 18:11


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11 The possession of the righteous is his strong fort,

And is like a high wall in his imagination.

Line first = Pro 10:15. מַשְׂכִּית from שָׂכָה, Chald. סְכָה(whence after Megilla 14a, יִסְכָּה, she who looks), R. שׂך, cogn. זך, to pierce, to fix, means the image as a medal, and thus also intellectually: image (conception, and particularly the imagination) of the heart (Psa 73:7), here the fancy, conceit; Fleischer compares (Arab.) tṣwwr, to imagine something to oneself, French se figurer. Translators from the lxx to Luther incorrectly think on שׂכך (סכך), to entertain; only the Venet. is correct in the rendering: ἐν φαντασίᾳ αὐτοῦ; better than Kimchi, who, after Ezr 8:12, thinks on the chamber where the riches delighted in are treasured, and where he fancies himself in the midst of his treasures as if surrounded by an inaccessible wall.