šuddad śādeh ’ābelâ ’adāmâ šuddad dāgān hôbîš tîrôš the fields are ruined, the parched earth mourns, the corn is ruined, the new wine is desperate (Joel 1:10). Alliteration of three words stresses the threefold accentuated rhythm in Deut 26:5 (the so-called “Credo”): ’arammî ’ōbēd ’ābî = “my father was a wandering Aramean”. More ingenious is the twofold and threefold movement in Isa 7:4: hiššāmēr wehašqēṭ ’al-tîrā’ ûlebābekā ’al-yērak miššenê zanbôt hā’ûdîm hā‘ăšēnîm hā’ēlleh