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On  05/10/99 (a new reading, jonah 2?) Vincent DeCaen wrote:


> i was wondering if anyone had an opinion on this idea:
>
> yesobebeni, end jonah 2:4a
>
> if you buy my metrical analysis (immaculate pentameter), you'd have an
> enjambement at this point.
>
> however, is it possible to read 2:4a ending with wenahar? against the
> accents? it would actually be nicer from a syntactic/parallel point of
> view.


Dear Vincent,

I would suggest to have a look at my analysis of the poetic passage 
from the book of Jonah published in _Liber Annuus_ 46 (1996), pages 
26-31. Actually, the whole book is examined there from the point of 
view of syntax.

Jonah 2:4 is translated there as follows: "You cast me into the deep, 
into the heart of the seas, while the flood was around me." The 
principles gained from the analysis of prose texts are applied there 
to the poetic text.

I am ready to supply off list a summary of the above paper for those 
who have no access to the Annual of my Institution in Jerusalem.

Peace and all good.

Alviero Niccacci
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