spelled out above in detail) analysis of this kind is essential, but it is only a beginning and unless continued, leads nowhere.49 For instance, it is not immediately apparent that the paired nouns in each of the following two lines are matched in gender: כסה שמים הודו His GLORY (m.) covered the HEAVENS (m.), ותהלתו מלאה הארץ and the EARTH (f.) was full of his PRAISE (f.) (Hab 3:3) Once the pattern has been noticed by analysis, the poetic device ‘gender-matched synonymous parallelism’ can be recognised.
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