Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andrew C Smith <a.c.smith AT juno.com>]

>I can't remember where, but I do 
>believe he has said before that poetry sort of suspends rules of 
>syntax (my phrasing, not his) for the sake of meter, effect, word 
>imagery, and a host of other causes.  This is essentially the 
>position I take, as well.

I thought the "common wisdom" was that Hebrew poetry didn't have meter.

A.C. Smith



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