Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Sacred Scripture Old Testament

Agur, Son of Jakeh

AGUR, FIGLIO DI JAQEH

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Also known as: Agur ben Jakeh, Agur ben Yaqeh

AGUR, Son of Jakeh. - Unknown sage, author of a group of maxims in Prov. 30. St. Jerome in the Vulgate, identifying him with Solomon, interpreted the two names as symbolic appellations: "Verba Congregantis (Solomon = he who holds assembly, like Qoheleth) filii Vomentis (David)," but the true meaning of A. is "taken for wages," while that of Jakeh is uncertain. In the Hebrew text there follows ham-massa (Vulgate: visio), which seems to indicate that A. came from Massa, that is, from the same Transjordanian region (cf. Gen. 25:14) to which belonged Lemuel, the author of chapter 31 or of its first part. A. would therefore be an Ishmaelite. In the Masoretic text there follow the names of two interlocutors of A., Ithiel and Ukal, which the Vulgate renders as: cum quo et Deus, and confortatus. Modern scholars see in them the beginning of A.'s words and translate: "I have labored, O God, and I have fainted."

Enrico Galbiati

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By Enrico Galbiati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 586–587.

More by Enrico Galbiati: Alemanno, Johanan · Amalecites (Heb. Amaleq; Vulgate [Septuagint] Amalec and Amalecites) · Abraham of Balmes (Ben Meir) · 'Aboth (Pirqē 'Abāth, "Chapters of the Fathers") · Amelli, Ambrogio Maria

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Galbiati, Enrico. “Agur, figlio di jaqeh.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 586–587. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/agur-figlio-di-jaqeh.

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Galbiati, Enrico. “Agur, figlio di jaqeh.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 586–587. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/agur-figlio-di-jaqeh.

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@incollection{ec1_agur_figlio_di_jaqeh,
  author    = {Galbiati, Enrico},
  title     = {Agur, figlio di jaqeh},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {586--587},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/agur-figlio-di-jaqeh}
}

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