Reading for February 27th

Read Proverbs 30.17-33. In verses 18-22: Anaphora (the repetition of way) unites the piece. Each way is wonderous, the effortless flight of the eagle (or vulture), the legless movement of the serpent, the massive progress of a ship. The fourth and climatic way is the course of a man and a woman toward each other, the attraction of the sexes. In verses 32-33: The syntax is like 6.1-13: If you have done such and such, then you must now do such and such. It is a mark of wisdom to make peace and avoid strife (15.18). There is wordplay pressing the nose ('mits ap") and pressing anger ("mits appayim," literally nostrils; anger). Comments or Questions..