superlative

Ecclesiastes
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ECCLESIASTES TRANSLATION SERIES (2): Vanity of vanities

This featured phrase “vanity of vanities” (הבל הבלים habel habalim) that Qohelet repeatedly cries out is considered to be a Hebrew expression of the superlative. But the expression normally comes with the definite article on the second word unlike the case in Ecclesiastes. So is it really superlative?

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