76 FORMS OF HEBREW POETRY
is an example of
a. b. c
c'. b'
and so is Isaiah xlii. 23 a, b.
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A man have I slain for wounding me,
And a youth for bruising me (Gen. iv. 23),
is an example of
a .b. c
a'. c'
and so is Hosea vii. 3.
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For of the vine of Sodom is their vine,
And of the fields of Gomorrah (Deut. xxxii. 32),
is an example of
a. b. c
a'. b'
B
Incomplete parallelism with compensation.
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Yahweh, when-thou-wentest-forth out-of-Seir,
When-thou-marchedst out-of-the-field of-Edom (Jud. v. 4),
is an example of
a. b. c
b’. c’2