1)

Bereishis Rabah (34:10) says that a Tzadik speaks El Libo, and a Rasha speaks b'Libo. Koheles said b'Libo, and also Avraham did (Bereishis 17:17)!

1.

Refer to 2:1:1:1-3 and the note there.

2)

What is the meaning of "Lamah Chachamti"?

1.

Rashi: Why should I be a Tzadik [since I will die just like the Rasha]?

2.

Ibn Ezra: Why did I become wise from my involvement in all worldly matters - "she'Amalti veshe'Chachamti Tachas ha'Shamesh" (19).

3)

What does he call Hevel?

1.

Rav Sadya Gaon, Metzudas David: What I thought, that there was no gain from becoming more Chacham.

2.

Rashi: To think that there was no gain from being a Tzadik.

3.

Ibn Ezra: This Chachmah 1 .

4.

Rid: The advantage of Chachmah over folly.

5.

Seforno: That I became a bigger Chacham than the Kesil.


1

Chachmah is feminine. It should say Zos or Zu, and not "Zeh"! Perhaps this is why Ibn Ezra said 'Zu ha'Chachmah'. (However, elsewhere he says that a word can be masculine or feminine; he did not say so here. - PF) Magihah in Toras Chayim - here he refers to 'Emel ha'Chachmah' or 'Esek ha'Chachmah.'

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