“... The rabbinic effort that aims to demonstrate the proximity between Ecclesiastes and Psalms is continued in this midrashic passage in which David is presented to explain the meaning of Solomon’s thoughts. Again, the pattern of questions–answers and the dialectical development of the rabbinic text intensify the vividness of the narration. On the other hand, by interconnecting Eccl 6:12 and Ps 144:4 we get a text with conceptual coherence, where the intertextual verse explicates the contextual meaning of the base verse. It is this explicatory relation of the intertextual verse to the base verse that justifies the explicative intertextuality of the following passage: [...] Ecclesiastes 6:12, which vividly describes man’s transient role, persists with a pessimistic view on man’s futile efforts to determine his scope on earth. The Rabbis ascertained the contextual closeness between Eccl 6:12 and Ps 144:4 and presented David (through Ps 144:4) in order to interpret Solomon (Eccl 6:12); man’s life is as transitory as the shadow to which it is likened. The rabbis wish to create contextual affinity and semantic continuity between the books of Psalms and Ecclesiastes by highlighting their semantic ties. ...”