Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

dear friends,

i still find it mind-boggling that hebrew has no metre. in this regard, 
has anyone seen a review of D Vance's dissertation-turned-monograph on 
(the lack of) hebrew metre?

so here's a question.  In the psalm in Jonah 2, i see 75 prosodic words, 
15 lines, for exactly 5 words per line. there's a 5-5-5 final triplet, 
otherwise 5-5 lines, and one 6-4 line (v.4, some sort of enjambement?). am 
i missing something........???

V
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Dr Vincent DeCaen
Research Associate
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative (HSEI)
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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