Biblical poetry
Poetry found in the Hebrew Bible / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The ancient Hebrews identified poetical portions in their sacred texts, as shown by their entitling as "psalms" or as "chants" passages such as Exodus 15:1-19 and Numbers 21:17-20; a song or chant (shir) is, according to the primary meaning of the term, poetry. The question as to whether the poetical passages of the Old Testament show signs of regular rhythm or meter remains unsolved.[1] Many of the features of Biblical poetry are lost when the poems are translated to English.