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| Type of poetic parallelism in which the second live of a poetic couplet is somehow opposite of the first line meaning |
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| A speech-type found in certain biblical psalms in which the psalmist enjoins others to join him in praising |
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| The type of poetic parallelism where the second line of a poetic couplet echoes part of the first line and adds a phrase to it, thereby extending and completing its sense |
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| A single line of poetry, sometimes called a stitch or stichos |
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| A literary type that expresses the pain and alienation of the writer and asks God for help |
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| The type of poetic parallelism in which the second line of a poetic couplet completes the thought of the first line |
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| The examination of literary units to discover the typical formal structures and patterns behind the present text in an attempt to recover the original sociological setting of that form of literature |
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| A song praising God, the king, Zion, or Torah that contains a description of why the object of praise is wonderful |
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| The formula used at the beginning of many psalms that appeals to God and asks him to listen |
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| A cry of pain and grief, in the study of the literary type that expresses a cry of help, either of an individual or a community |
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| The literary form pervasive in biblical poetry whereby the first line of a couplet is in some way mirrored or doubled in the second line |
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| A speech form used especially in biblical psalms whereby the psalmist pleads with God for help, deliverance, or forgiveness |
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| A speech form used extensively in the psalms whereby the psalmist extols the greatness of God |
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| The book of the Writings that contains psalms |
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| One of the divisions of a poem, compsed of two or more lines, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines |
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| The psalm label that may contain musical directions, performance notes, historical setting, and an ascription of authorship or dedication |
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| Possibly a liturgical direction used in communal performance that concludes stanzas |
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| A type of poetic parallelism in which the notion of the first line of a couplet is repeated or seconded in the second line |
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| To five thanks to God for his favors; in the study of the Psalms, this is major literary type of psalm that thanks God for individual or corporate deliverance |
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| A speech form found in the Psalms where the psalmist promises to credit God with deliverance once it happens |
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