rhythmical pattern, then ‘rhythm’ becomes meter the closer it approaches regularity and predictability.”3 Meter may be viewed as a subspecies of rhythm, one that occurs within the poetic provenance.4 Another term prominent in many discussions of Hebrew poetry is “prosody.” Prosody has often been used as if it were synonymous with metrics, that is, some scholars write as if they thought prosodic analysis equals metrical analysis. But prosody involves more than a description of meter. Again, we use