The Forms of Hebrew Poetry

(Joyce) #1

PARALLELISM: A RESTATEMENT 71


together are parallel to vzotv, were agile, and the


single term vtwq, his-bow, to the two terms yfrz.


vydy, the-arms of-his-hands, taken together.


An example of
a. b. c2
a. c'. b'2
is afforded by Job iii. 17,
zgr vldH Mfwr Mw


Hk yfygy vHvny Mwv


where vHvny, are-at-rest, corresponds to to zgr vldH,
cease from raging, and the single term wicked to


the phrase Hk yfygy, which is compound in Hebrew,


though it is represented by the single word weary
in E.V.
Once more in Deuteronomy xxxii. 11,
vhHqy vypnk wrpy


vtrbx-lf vhxwy


He-spread-out his-wings, he-took-him,
He-lifted-him-up upon-his-pinions,


the single term vtrbx-lf, upon-his-pinions, at the


end of the second line is parallel to the two terms


vypnk wrpy, he-spread-out his-wings, at the beginning


of the first line, taken together, and the scheme is


a2. b
b'. a'
Further examples of some of these or similar
schemes will be found in Deuteronomy xxxii.
22 c, d, 35 c, d; Psalms ii. 2 a, b, 9, lxviii. 10;

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