16. The pl. abstract nouns mamtaqqîm
and maḥămaddîm are used to refer to
the qualities of sweetness and delightfulness or charm that epitomize Solomon
(Waltke 7.4.2a; Joüon 136g).
The phrase kullô maḥămaddîm is lit. ‘his entirety
is delight’, which Bloch and Bloch (1995: 188) describe as ‘a generalizing
statement summing up the details of the praise song, paralleling the young
man’s words to the Shulamite at the end of his praise song, 4:7’. (Daniel
C. Fredericks and Daniel J. Estes, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs
[Apollos Old Testament Commentary 16; Downers Grove, Ill. InterVarsity Press,
2010], 373)
