A proverb is simply one line but we recognise it as a verse: dalyû šōqayim mippisēaḥ // ûmāšāl bepî kesîlîm Like a lame man’s legs which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools (Prov 26:7). The 3 + 3 verse is the most frequent in Hebrew poetry (perhaps due to its six accents the ancients took it to be a hexameter). Qînâ rhythm (Budde) is also frequent, 3 + 2: re’ēh Yhwh kî-ṣar-lî // mē‘ay ḥŏmarmārû nehpak libbî beqirbî // kî marô marîtî miḥûṣ šikkelâ ḥereb // babbayit kammāwet