Hebrew poetry

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Hebrew poetry is the body of poetic literature written in the Hebrew language, especially in the Hebrew Bible, characterized by parallelism, rich imagery, and religious and philosophical themes.

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Label Occurrences
Hebrew literature 1
Hebrew poetry canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary genre
poetic tradition
culturalContext Israelite religion
Judaism
developedIn ancient Israel
foundIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh
hasCharacteristic acrostic forms
alliteration
antithetic parallelism
chiastic structures
concise diction
covenantal motifs
didactic function
imagery drawn from nature
lamentation
liturgical function
lyricism
parallelism
philosophical themes
praise
religious themes
repetition
rhythmic balance
rich imagery
synonymous parallelism
synthetic parallelism
use of metaphor
use of parallel cola
use of simile
wisdom reflection
wordplay
influenced Christian hymnody
Western religious poetry
medieval Hebrew liturgical poetry
language Hebrew
majorCollection Book of Job
Lamentations
surface form: Book of Lamentations

Book of Proverbs
Psalms
surface form: Book of Psalms

Prophetic books
Song of Songs
partOf Hebrew poetry self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hebrew literature

Jewish literature
primaryLanguage Hebrew
studiedIn biblical studies
comparative literature
linguistics
theology
timePeriod ancient
usedFor communal lament
instruction
prayer
royal praise
worship

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hebrew poetry partOf Hebrew poetry self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hebrew literature