something that we get or receive from somebody such as money or prosperity as a legacy.
So, this expression above figuratively means the wisdom that we have in our life is a precious thing or has a high value in our life. And it will be an advantage
for us.
4.1.3 Hyperbole 1. Ecclesiastes 2: 4
I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
There is a sense of exaggeration in the sentence ‘I built myself houses. I planted
myself vineyard’ where a subject ‘I’ can make many things for himself. So, figuratively this exaggeration is used to emphasize the arrogant of the subject ‘I’
and describes how powerful he is.
2. Ecclesiastes 2:7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my
house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
In this sentence we can see a sense of exaggeration clearly even until the next verse. In the data, the clause ‘I bought male servant and female servant and…..’
gives a sense of exaggeration. The literal meaning of this expression is Salomon as the author can buy many servants and get everything that he wants even he
gathered silver, gold, and treasure of many kings.
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Figuratively, this expression emphasizes the Salomon’s arrogant and describes how powerful he is. In addition this expression shows that Salomon has a power
to get everything.
3. Ecclesiastes 5: 17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and
wrath. In this sentence we can find the using of figurative expression clearly, that is
hyperbole. The words darkness, frustrated, sickness, wrath are used to emphasize the suffering of life.
So, from this expression the reader will get an exaggeration meaning about the suffering of life if we do not fear God.
4. Ecclesiastes 7: 19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a
city. In this sentence we can find a sense of exaggeration, where ‘wisdom’ is
described has s strength more than ten rules in the city. Wisdom is an abstract thing which is described has a power. This exaggeration is used to emphasize
the power of wisdom that we get from God as a blessing. This expression wants to describe how powerful it is. A person who has wisdom, faith, and believes in
God is able in doing everything. In conclusion, this is an exaggeration of the power of god. And there is no greater blessing than wisdom.
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5. Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A
