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Fokkelman's prosody and syllable counts +
The following table is from Fokkelman's '' … The following table is from Fokkelman's ''Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible'' Volume 2, Appendix I.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AE6-QINU`"'</br>{| class="wikitable"</br>|-</br>! Strophe !! Verse !! Syllables per word !! Syllables per line !! Syllables per strophe</br>|-</br>| '''1''' || 2 || 2.1.2.2 / 2.2.2 || 7 + 6 = 13 || '''30'''</br>|-</br>| || 3 || 2.3.3 / 1.4.1.3 || 8 + 9 = 17 ||</br>|-</br>| '''2''' || 4 || 3.2.2.2 / 3.3.2 || 9 + 8 = 17 || '''32'''</br>|-</br>| || 5 || 2.1.2.2 / 4.2.2 || 7 + 8 = 15 ||</br>|-</br>| '''3''' || 6 || 2.3.4 / 4.1.2.4 || 9 + 11 = 20 || '''35'''</br>|-</br>| || 7 || 1.2.3.1 / 2.2.2.2 || 7 + 8 = 15 ||</br>|-</br>| '''4''' || 8ab || 2.2 / 4.3 || 4 + 7 = 11 || '''31'''</br>|-</br>| || 8cd || 1.3.1.1.3.2! / 3! 3.3 || 11 + 9 = 20 ||</br>|-</br>| '''5''' || 9 || 3.4 / 2! 3.4 || 7 + 9 = 16 || '''16'''</br>|}</br>*"18 cola with 144 syllables: average per colon 8.00"'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AE7-QINU`"'</br>*"Psalm 3 needs a more drastic emendation than is necessary in other cases, but nothing in the meaning is changed or manipulated... I add the copula ''w<sup>e</sup> -'' to the last B-cola, vv.8d and 9b, supported by MSS and Peshitta; and in v.8c I add the suffix ''-am'' to the noun "jaw", as do Peshitta and Targum."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AE8-QINU`"'</br>*"The sequence of strophe totals 30-32-35-31-16 is a variation of, or may be shown up as, 4 x 32 plus 16. The figure 16 is the exact double of the perfect 8, with 32 in turn the double of 16."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AE9-QINU`"'</br>*"The verses with a total of 17 or 20 mirror each other as regards their cola figures:"'"`UNIQ--ref-00000AEA-QINU`"'</br>::v. 3 – 8 + 9 = 17</br>::v. 4 – 9 + 8 = 17</br>::v. 6 – 9 + 11 = 20</br>::v. 8cd – 11 + 9 = 209 + 8 = 17
::v. 6 – 9 + 11 = 20
::v. 8cd – 11 + 9 = 20 +
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