Continuing from the previous post, here is Noah with curse and blessing
Genesis 9:25-27 |
It is certainly possible to take the 16 syllables of bars 19 to 23 and split them into two phrases of 8 and 8. Then they fit the typical poetic line length.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants he will be to his brothers. | |||
כה וי֖אמר אר֣ור כנ֑ען ע֥בד עבד֖ים יֽהי֥ה לאחֽיו |
8 10 |
ch viamr arur cnyn ybd ybdim ihih lakiv | |
26 And he said, Blessed is Yahweh the God of Shem, and Canaan will be their servant. | |||
כו וי֕אמר בר֥וך יהו֖ה אל֣הי ש֑ם ויה֥י כנ֖ען ע֥בד לֽמו |
12 9 |
cv viamr bruç ihvh alohi wm vihi cnyn ybd lmo | |
27 ♪C God will seduce Japhet and he will dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan will be their servant. | |||
כז י֤פת אלהים֙ לי֔פת וישכ֖ן באֽהלי־ש֑ם ויה֥י כנ֖ען ע֥בד לֽמו |
16 9 |
cz ipt alohim lipt viwcon baohli-wm vihi cnyn ybd lmo |
Besides the short passages that Loder notes, 14:19-20, 25:23, 27:27-29, there are a number of isolated verses that my Jerusalem Bible considers poetic: 8:22, 9:6, 12:3, 15:18, 16:11-12, 21:7, 24:60.
Genesis 8:22, The music does not support a poetic scansion |
22 ♪g For all the days of the earth, seed and harvest, and cold and warmth, and summer and autumn, and day and night will not cease. | |||
כב ע֖ד כל־ימ֣י הא֑רץ ז֡רע ו֠קציר וק֨ר וח֜ם וק֧יץ וח֛רף וי֥ום ול֖ילה ל֥א ישבֽתו | 7 23 | cb yod cl-imi harx zry vqxir vqor vkom vqix vkorf viom vlilh la iwbotu |
Genesis 9:6, the zaqef-qaton is in the right place to consider this as 4 short poetic lines |
6 One shedding the blood of the human, by the human its blood will be shed, for in the image of God, he made the human. | |||
ו שפך֙ ד֣ם הֽאד֔ם בֽאד֖ם דמ֣ו ישפ֑ך כ֚י בצ֣לם אלה֔ים עש֖ה את־האדֽם | 14 13 | v wopç dm hadm badm dmo iiwpç ci bxlm alohim ywh at-hadm |
Genesis 12:3: again the z-q's are placed where one could pause (but not in the middle of a word). |
Genesis 15:18 |
Part way through Genesis - more in a later post.
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