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What are some characteristics of Hebrew poetry?
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Hebrew poetry is written in such a way that the reader has to interact with the writer. It doesn’t rhyme or have meter. Instead, the one line of a verse is composed followed by a second line that interacts in some way with the first line. The verse’s meaning is found by comparing the two lines.
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The poetry uses two lines or phrases that interact together to bring out the authors meaning. The reader must try to work the poem out in their mind to find the meaning, rather than having it told directly. This is called parallelism.
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Hebrew poetry is written with tremendous planning, vivid imagery, patterns and poetic skills to illicit a strong emotional response in the reader, leading to a stronger connection and deeper understanding of God our Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Some poetic skills include the use of acrostics, using the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The Distilled Language approach helps the dedicated reader to discover greater and deeper truths. Three types of Parellism, helps the reader to discover clearer word picture# and stir up stronger emotions. -
Hebrew poetry does not rhyme or have meter. It uses parallelism; this is where the two lines work together to create meaning. There are three different types of parallelism ; synthetic (the second line completes or compares the first line), antithetic (the second line contrasts the first line), and synonymous (the writer repeats the point in line 2 that he made in line 1).
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Hebrew poetry can be written in three different forms of parallelism: Synonymous where the second line repeats the first line, Antithetic where the second line contrasts the first line and Synthetic where the second line completes the first line or the second line compares with the first line
