Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Yes, Dianne, you are right. This is a classic example of parallelism, which 
is a standard feature of Hebrew poetry (and poetry of other cognate 
languages, like Ugaritic). The idea is pretty simple: instead of rhyming 
sounds, Hebrew poetry rhymes concepts. If the verse you are referring to 
actually indicated two distinct gods, we'd probably have to stop treating it 
as poetry.


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au