אשׁרי (followed by אשׁר) is the reversal of רשע
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
Psalm 1/Propositions/364939
A proposition about Psalms chapter 1, verse(s) 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Discussion
"The sounds of 4x רשע... have as it were been reversed by אשׁרי which explicitly praises the other group and is followed by 3x אשׁר. From the very first word the villain has been subverted."[1]
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Structural Diagram
| אשׁרי (followed by אשׁר) is the reversal of רשע | |||||||||
Further reading
- ↑ J.P. Fokkelman, Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible: At the Interface of Prosody and Structural Analysis, Vol. 2 (Assen: Van Gorcum, 2000), 55.