Property: Structurally indicates
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
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"Reference to 'all my enemies' (כָּל־אֹיְבָ֑י) in v.11a forms a stanza-bounding inclusio with 'all workers of iniquity' (כָּל־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן) in 9a and a parallel structural 'closure' with 'all my adversaries' (כָל־צוֹרְרָֽי)."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000D1C-QINU`"' +, "The divine vocative that opens this psalm is an early indication of its urgency and intensity."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000D13-QINU`"' +, "The psalm’s final adverbial noun רָֽגַע ('[in a] moment') contrasts markedly and thematically with close of stanza A: עַד־מָתָֽי ('how long').'"`UNIQ--ref-00000D1B-QINU`"' +, …
"The first three of these occurrences constitute another case of the rhetorical device of intensification... The first occurrence of אבד in v.4 describes the fate of the enemies... In v.6, the repetition of the term serves to emphasize Yahweh's punitive destruction and also helps to equate the psalmist's 'enemies' (v.4) with 'the nations' (גוים) and 'the wicked' (רשׁע). Then in v.7 comes the intensification... The enemy/nations/wicked is not only 'destroyed'–their very memory is 'destroyed.'"'"`UNIQ--ref-00001027-QINU`"' +, Aperture/Anaphora (vv.2a, 8a, 12a, 14a, 20a); Inclusion (vv.8a, 11b); Anadiplosis (vv.11-12) +, anadiplosis (vv.17b-18a) +, …
"The initial cluster of three parallel ''qatals'' (1b-d) is followed by a verbless line (2a) and a line with ''yiqtol'' (2b); the changes from verbal to nonverbal and then to a different conjugation parallel the change in content, which moves from what does not characterize the happy man (1a-d) to what does (2a-b)."<ref>Frederic Putnam, “Working with Biblical Hebrew Poetry,” in ''Basics of Hebrew Discourse,'' edited by Miles van Pelt (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2019), 184-185.</ref> +, "The only non-finite predicate in the poem is the participle יוֹדֵעַ (v. 6a). Since the six verbal predicates in lines 3b-6a are ''yiqtols'', it seems highly probably that the poet used a participle here... to mark the shift from the description of the wicked to the summary statement that closes the poem and maintains the "righteous...wicked" pattern of the body of the poem (6a-b)."<ref>Frederic Putnam, “Working with Biblical Hebrew Poetry,” in ''Basics of Hebrew Discourse,'' edited by Miles van Pelt (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2019), 184-185.</ref> +, (see above cell) +, …
A significant proportion of the phonological recursion in Ps. 5 (e.g., בְּרֹב, בָךְ, קֶבֶר/קִרְבָּם, קוֹל) happens to include sounds related to בֹּקֶר (v.4ab). This feature highlights the thematic significance of בֹּקֶר, which is emphatically repeated in fronted position in v.4ab. It also gives cohesion to the psalm as a whole. +, gives cohesion to section 1 (vv.2-3), and to v.11 +, gives cohesion to section 3 (vv.10-12) +, …
Anadiplosis. Strengthens the contrastive correspondence between the first and second sections. +, Forms bicolon (v.1a.). On a macrostructural level, may form ''inclusio'' (vv.1, 12). +, Forms bicolon (v.2ab). On a macrostructural level, the clusters at 4a and 10ab may be part of what indicates the start of new sections. +, …
Epiphora: both sections (vv.4-5, v.9) end with the image of lying down in bed. The thematic significance of v.5b (the middle line of the psalm, also the longest line) is indicated by the fact that nearly every word of this verse is repeated (in order) in the a-line of a following verse. +, The series of exhortations (vv.4-7) to the sons of man begins and ends with third person reference to Yahweh (v.4a, v.6b) +, The thematic significance of v.5b (the middle line of the psalm, also the longest line) is indicated by the fact that nearly every word of this verse is repeated (in order) in the a-line of a following verse. +, …
Gives cohesion to first section (vv.2-3); aperture (v.2a [א], v.14a [ח]); ''anadoplosis'' (vv.2-4a); see [[#Large-scale structures|acrostic structure]]. +, Gives cohesion to lines (vv.12a, 18a) and verses (vv.5, 16, 17); aperture (v.12 [ז]); smooths over break (הִגָּי֥וֹן סֶֽלָה) between v.17 and v.18 (overlap structure [''anadiplosis'']); see [[#Large-scale structures|acrostic structure]]. +, Gives cohesion to lines and verses (vv.5, 9); aperture (v.16a, טָבְע֣וּ), see [[#Large-scale structures|acrostic structure]]. +, …