The Forms of Hebrew Poetry

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PARALLELISM: A RESTATEMENT 77


and other examples are Deuteronomy xxxii.
13 c, d, xxxiii. 23 ; Job iii. 11; Isaiah xli. 26 a, b,
lx. 3.
HFb lxrWy Nkwyv


bqfy Nyf ddb


And-so-dwelt Israel securely,
By-itself the-fountain of-Jacob (Deut. xxxiii. 28),
is an example of
a. b. c
c'. b'2
and other examples are Amos v. 24 ; Proverbs ii.
1, 7 ; Job iii. 20 ; while Isaiah xliii. 3 c, d ex-
emplifies the scheme
a. b. c
c'2. b'
In Judges v. 26,
hnHlwt dtyl hdy


Mylmf tvmlhl hnymyv


Her-hand to-the-tent-peg she-stretched-forth,
And-her-right-hand to-the-workmen's mallet,
will be found an example of
a .b. c
a'. b'2
and another example of the same scheme in
Psalm xxi. 11.
Examples of compensation by means of a,
fresh term or terms are--
xb ynysm hvhy


vml ryfwm Hrzv


Yahweh from-Sinai came,
And-beamed-forth from-Seir unto-them (Deut. xxxiii. 2),

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