Drawing on the arguments that hebel is the thesis of Ecclesiastes as well as Qoheleth’s rhetorical tool, this essay examines hebel’s connection with Qoheleth’s ambiguities and contradictions. Understanding hebel in terms of its basic meaning, that is, vapour, we argue that Qoheleth employs the image as his rhetorical strategy because of its opaque and fluctuating character. Being opaque, hebel is an ideal symbol for delineating phenomena which are ambiguous and hard to define. Coupled with its capacity for infinite change, the opacity allows hebel semantic inexhaustibility, making it a versatile device for describing the fluctuating nature of reality. As everything is opaque and in constant change, Qoheleth cannot offer advice in absolute terms and often ends up making contradictory statements.

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Hebel 世界，它的歧义和矛盾

本文利用赫贝尔是传道书的论点以及 Qoheleth 的修辞工具的论点，探讨了 Hebel 与 Qoheleth 的含糊和矛盾之间的联系。从基本含义即蒸汽的角度理解黑贝尔，我们认为 Qoheleth 将图像用作他的修辞策略，因为它具有不透明和波动的特性。Hebel 是不透明的，是描述模棱两可且难以定义的现象的理想符号。再加上其无限变化的能力，不透明性使得 Hebel 语义永无止境，使其成为描述现实波动本质的多功能工具。由于一切都是不透明的，而且在不断变化，因此 Qoheleth 无法提供绝对的建议，并且经常以自相矛盾的陈述告终。