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953:. A number of the Psalms also are didactic in character. A series of them impresses the fact that God's law teaches one to abhor sin, and inculcates a true love for the Temple and the feasts of Yahweh. Another set of Psalms ("theodicies") shows that God is just, although it may at times not seem this way to a short-sighted observer of the world and of history.
917:'s song of praise; and many of the Psalms, e.g., those on the creation of the world, and on the election of Israel. A subdivision is formed by poems that deal more with description and praise: the so-called Well song; the song of praise on the uniqueness of the god of Israel; and those on his eternity; his omnipresence and omniscience; and his omnipotence.
573:, for example, attempted to prove that there was a definite sequence of long and short syllables in the ancient Hebrew poems; but he could support this thesis only by changing the punctuation in many ways, and by allowing great license to the Hebrew poets. However, on reading the portions of the Old Testament marked by the so-called
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Davidson's opinion, found also in the poetry of the Old Testament. Under the stress of their thoughts and feelings the poets of Israel sought to achieve merely the material, not the formal symmetry of corresponding lines. This may be observed, for example, in the following
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of Greco-Roman poetry, this change was intended to symbolize the idea that a strenuous advance in life is followed by fatigue or reaction. This rhythm, which may be designated "elegiac measure," occurs also in Amos 5:2, expressly designated as a ḳinah. The sad import of his prophecies induced
301:; it consists in a remarkable correspondence in the ideas expressed in two successive units (hemistiches, verses, strophes, or larger units); for example, the above-cited words of Lamech, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, harken unto my speech", in which are found
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are used as an external embellishment of a few poems. The letters of the alphabet, generally in their ordinary sequence, stand at the beginning of smaller or larger sections of Psalms 9-10 (probably), 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145; Proverbs 31:10-31; Lamentations 1-4; and also of
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External parallelism can also "accumulate" in a chiastic or "ring" structure that may include many verses. For example, Psalm 1 utilizes synonymous, synthetic, and emblematic parallelism before "turning" antithetically back to emblematic, synthetic, and then synonymous parallels.
868:; it has been much slighted. Although not all the poetical portions of the Old Testament are marked by a special accentuation, the Book of Job in 3:3-42:6 and the books of Psalms and Proverbs throughout have received unusual accents. This point will be further discussed later on.
769:, in which the phrase at the end of one sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next. Examples include the passages "they came not to the help of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against the mighty" and "From whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the Lord".
722:, the first of them beginning thus: "How does the city sit solitary—that was full of people—how is she become as a widow—she that was great among the nations—and princess among the provinces—how is she become tributary!" (Lamentations 1:1).
649:"Lines with two, three, four, and five accented syllables may be distinguished, between which one to three, and even four, unaccented syllables may be inserted, the poet being bound by no definite number in his poem. Occasionally two accented syllables are joined".
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Hebrews is not distinguished from the other parts of the Old Testament by rhythm based on quantity, though in view of Greek and Roman poetry it was natural to seek such a rhythm in the songs and Psalms of the Old Testament.
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Alphabetical and other acrostics occur frequently in Neo-Hebraic poetry. The existence of acrostics in
Babylonian literature has been definitely proved; and alphabetical poems are found also among the Samaritans, Syrians, and Arabs. Cicero says
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External parallelism occurs when the syntactic units balance one another across multiple verses. Here, some of the permitted sorts of parallelisms are added not only within a single line of verse, but also between lines. From Isaiah
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So sehr auch der
Parallelismus die ausgeprägte Form der hebräischen Vesbildung ist, so halten sich die Dichter nicht der Art durch denselben gebunden, dass sie es nicht, wo der Gedanke es erfordert, denselben durchbrechen
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Though this restriction must be made to James
Robertson's view, it remains the case that: "The distinguishing feature of the Hebrew poetry ... is the rhythmical balancing of parts, or parallelism of thought."
967:; David's "last words"; the words of praise of liberated Israel; songs of praise like Psalms 18, 24, 126, etc. Other lyrics express mourning. First among these are the dirges proper for the dead, as the
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It was natural that in the drama, which is intended to portray a whole series of external and internal events, several of the foregoing kinds of poems should be combined. This combination occurs in
637:"The rhythms are manifold; there may be eight accents in one line, and three syllables are often inserted between two accents, the symmetry and variation being determined by emotion and sentiment."
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is an absolutely certain indication of ancient Hebrew poetry. This "parallelism" occurs in the portions of the Hebrew Bible that are at the same time marked frequently by the so-called
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found at the beginning of these fifteen psalms, may have a double meaning: it may indicate not only the purpose of these songs, to be sung on the pilgrimages to the festivals at
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accompany their national dance by a song the verses of which are connected like the links of a chain, each verse beginning with the final words of the preceding one.
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348:"I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about".
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attract attention, because they occur for the first time in this passage, although there had been an earlier opportunity of using them: in
Genesis 3:8 and 3:10,
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Many similar passages occur in Psalms 120-134, which also contain an unusual number of epanalepsis, or catch-words, for which Israel
Davidson proposed the name
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parallelism occurs where the second unit partially balances the first, but also adds a summative thought or completes the series. From Psalm 29:1:
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Rhetoric: Hearing and Overhearing David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan in 2 Samuel 1," in the
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of similar unusual forms of Hebrew grammar and Hebrew words occurring in certain portions of the Old Testament. Such forms have been called
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or half line of verse, verse, strophe, or larger unit) says much the same thing as the first one, with variations. An example appears in
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Outlines of the meter of Hebrew poetry: along with the first Book of Psalms: divided by rhythmic verse and stanza with metrical analysis
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favors in only a few passages the opinion that the poet intended to cause an accented syllable to be followed by an unaccented one.
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359:"the poets did not consider themselves bound by parallelism to such an extent as not to set it aside when the thought required it."
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These unusual forms and expressions do not occur in all songs, and there are several Psalms that have none of these peculiarities.
1388:]. ATLA monograph preservation program (in German). Halle an der Saale: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses. p. 10.
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Poems that portray feelings based on individual experience. Many of these lyrics express joy, as, e.g., Lamech's so-called
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3:1-19); or in psalms of request for help in time of war (44, 60, etc.) or for liberation from prison (122, 137, etc.).
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This elegiac measure, being naturally a well-known one, was used also elsewhere, as, for example, in
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404:Another example of synonymous parallelism comes in
61:are lost when the poems are translated to English.
925:Poems appealing more to reason, being essentially
313:show a remarkable repetition of the same thought.
2163:, vol. 5, pp. 154–162, New York: Doubleday, 1992.
2070:The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
1677:Die JĂĽdische Literatur seit Abschluss des Kanons,
473:looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
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2139:"Hebrew Poetry of the Old Testament"
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1419:"The Poetry of the Psalms", 1898, p. 160.
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1532:Die Metrischen StĂĽcke des Buches Jeremia
65:Characteristics of Ancient Hebrew poetry
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1695:Zeitschrift fĂĽr Keilschriftforschung,
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527:Zion shall be redeemed with judgment,
397:and righteousness as a mighty stream.
263:Prælectiones de Sacra Poesi Hebræorum
2148:. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2092:The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism
532:and her converts with righteousness.
422:and their spears into pruning hooks.
392:But let judgment run down as waters,
1378:Ley, Julius (1887). "Vom Versbau".
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2161:The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
2050:(Second ed.). Basic Books.
2032:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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1872:Judges 9:7-15, although in prose
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2048:The Art of Biblical Poetry
1948:Beginning at Genesis 4:23.
1585:Zeitschrift fĂĽr Ethnologie
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1707:In book 8, lines 217-250.
1444:Metrische Untersuchungen,
1433:, chapter 2, London, 1774
1093:List of national poetries
1034:(Numbers 6:24-26) and of
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1359:Psalm 1:3; compare 2:12.
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633:in the following words:
2029:The Jewish Encyclopedia
661:'Ibdu et-Yhwh be-yir'ah
292:parallelismus membrorum
78:and elsewhere the form
1993:Psalms 16, 22, 27, 39.
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1647:Wetzstein, l.c. v. 292
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2145:Catholic Encyclopedia
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1555:Handkommentar zu Hiob
857:contain an acrostic.
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672:Carl Heinrich Cornill
643:Gustaf Hermann Dalman
1743:Deuteronomy 32:1-43.
1674:Winter and WĂĽnsche,
1509:Palästinischer Diwan
1113:"METER IN THE BIBLE"
2609:Hebrew Bible topics
2118:Journal of Religion
2024:"Poetry - Biblical"
1984:3:33 and following.
1680:1894-1896, iii. 10.
1489:Kennst Du das Land?
1323:, etc., p. 277-283.
905:'s song of praise;
864:accentuatio poetica
641:Also in Palestine,
564:Quantitative rhythm
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2480:Rajasthani
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2243:Australian
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1190:Psalm 3:3.
1099:References
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2493:Classical
2489:Sanskrit
2450:Pakistani
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2288:Cantonese
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2110:924981288
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1474:Stilistik
1320:Stilistik
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994:ali be'er
832:acrostics
826:Acrostics
816:Jerusalem
775:Leittöne.
733:meḳonenot
714:, called
700:anapestic
627:Palestine
543:together,
541:shall be
491:Climactic
482:seek God.
384:Amos 5:24
380:hemistich
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2505:Scottish
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2375:Jèrriais
2370:Javanese
2365:Japanese
2330:Gujarati
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2253:Biblical
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1588:, v. 298
1558:, p. 47.
1408:sollten.
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1259:Proverbs
1255:2 Samuel
1238:Nehemiah
1056:See also
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1008:tefillah
1003:Habakkuk
939:parables
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911:Hezekiah
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2198:Poetry
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1181:49:11.
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957:Lyrics
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931:fables
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791:shalom
781:shakan
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1024:Jacob
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969:ḳinah
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410:Micah
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234:enosh
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