FAIRS. This is the rendering in the A. V. of the Hebrew lTpiZI.V in Ez. xxFii. 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 27. In ver. 33 of the same chapter it is ren dered wares,' and this is held by Fiirst, Hit zi,g, and others, to be the proper rendering of the word throughout. The LXX., however, give 4-ygpa, and the Vulg,. nundince and forum as the equivalent ; and this Gesenius considers to be the primary sense of the term, from MIT, to let go for a price, to sell. lt is impossible, however, to carry this meaning through the chapter ;land hence, in order to suit verses 27 and 33, Gesenius (arbitra rily) gives the second meaning, gains, profits. This throws doubt on his explanation of the word ; and this is strengthened by the consideration that the phrase 1111121 itl) cannot without violence be ren dered to expose in the market for sale. On the other hand, the meaning wares ' can as little be carried through the chapter ; for to translate )1111,3 to pay for wan; is very arbitrary. The only in
terpretation which can be carried through the chapter is that suggested by Gousset (Commentarii Ling. Hcb. p, 594), and adopted by IIKvernick (Comment. fib. .Ezech. p. 464), viz., exchanges or equivalent, id quod alicui rclinquis pro alia re tibi ab ipso tradita in contractu permutationis,”= goods given in barter. The construction differs throughout this section. We have-N.111Y 1911i, ver.
12, ntrz nil) ver. 16, and Iro ver. 19. The first simply expresses the fact that they. gave an equivalent ; the second expresses the equivalent they gave, viz., precious stones, etc. ; the third indicates that they reckoned for an equivalent with iron, etc. This last construction is peculiar. In ver. 15 for the expression we have been con sidering we have 1.:titi n,jri, which signifies to return or render a price ; and the expression in) 211/n also occurs in this section (Hitzig, Comment. in loc.)—W. L. A.