John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:5
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Ecclesiastes2:5
Verſ. 5. I made mee gardens] ſo called, becauſe garded and encloſed with a wall, Cant. 4.12. like as we call garments quaſi gardments in an active acception of the word: becauſe they guard our bodies from the injury of wind and weather. The Hebrew word [non-Latin text not transcribed] Gan comes likewiſe from a word that ſignifieth to protect or guard. And there are that give this for a reaſon, why the Lord forbad the Jews to keep ſwine, becauſe they are ſuch enemies to gardens, whereof that country is very full.
And Orchards] Heb. Paradiſes, famous for curious variety and excellency of all ſorts of trees and forcin fruits; reſembling even the garden of God for amenity and delight.Athenaeus, Diod. lib. 2. cap. 4. Q. Curt. lib. 5. And herein perhaps hee gratified Pharaoh's daughter (the Aegyptians took great pleaſure in gardens) like as that King of Aſſyria did his wife Horto penſili, with a garden that hung in the ayr, to his incredible coſt.
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