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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hebrew literature 1
Hebrew poetry canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary genre ⓘ
poetic tradition ⓘ
culturalContext Israelite religion ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
developedIn ancient Israel ⓘ
foundIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

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 ⓘ
Book of Lamentations ⓘ
linked to: Lamentations

Book of Proverbs ⓘ
Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Prophetic books ⓘ
Song of Songs ⓘ
partOf Hebrew literature ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew poetry

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hebrew poetry → partOf → Hebrew literature ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew poetry