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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1298" /> ==

<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' sem´bliz ''''' , (בּעלי אספות , <i> ''''' ba‛ălē 'ăṣuppōth ''''' </i> , &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:11 ): the American Revised Version, margin "collectors of sentences," thus ''''' Ḳimḥi ''''' , [[Grotius]] and others. This has been variously interpreted. Tyler translates "editors of collections." Klienert renders "protectors of the treasure-chambers," <i> ''''' 'ăṣuppōth ''''' </i> being considered equivalent to the <i> ''''' 'ăṣuppı̄m ''''' </i> of &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:15 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:17; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:25 (see Assuppim ). The proverbs are like nails guarding the sacred storehouse, the book closing with this warning against touching the collection (compare &nbsp;Revelation 22:18 , &nbsp;Revelation 22:19 ). Delitzsch translates "like fastened nails which are put together in collections." "As <i> ''''' ba‛ălē berı̄th ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Genesis 14:13 ) signifies 'the confederates,' <i> ''''' ba‛ălē shebhū‛āh ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Nehemiah 6:18 ) 'the sworn,' and the frequently occurring <i> ''''' ba‛ălē hā ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ‛ı̄r ''''' </i> 'the citizens': so <i> ''''' ba‛ălē 'ăṣuppōth ''''' </i> means, the possessors of assemblies and of the assembled themselves, or the possessors of collections and of things collected. Thus <i> ''''' ba‛ălē 'ăṣuppōth ''''' </i> will be a designation of the 'words of the wise' (as in <i> ''''' shālı̄shı̄m ''''' </i> , "choice men" = choice proverbs, &nbsp;Proverbs 22:20 , in a certain measure personified), as of those which form or constitute collections and which stand together in order and rank" ("Eccl," English translation, 434). </p> <p> The [[Jerusalem]] [[Talmud]] takes <i> ''''' 'ăṣuppōth ''''' </i> as the Sanhedrin. On the whole it is better to interpret the phrase "persons skilled in collections" of wise sayings, grouped in a compact whole (compare Wright, Eccl, 102). </p>