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section 1 (vv.2-4); section 4 (vv.9-11); absent in section 3 and only once in section 2 +, section 4 + and section 1 +

Definition

יהוה +, 3rd person reference to Yahweh +, direct address to Yahweh + and References to God +

Discussion

"God is second person in the first stanza; in the second stanza he is either absent (strophe 3) or third person (strophe 4)."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000D14-QINU`"' +

Feature Index

2 +

Occurrences

vv.2a, 3ac, 4b, 5a, 9a, 10ab +, vv.9b, 10ab + and vv.2a, 3ac, 4b, 5a +

Structure

Repetition of the tetragrammaton is dense … Repetition of the tetragrammaton is dense in this psalm; Yahweh's name is used 8 times. This repetition is confined largely to the outer sections. In the middle of the psalm, as the Psalmist is on the brink of Sheol, the place where Yahweh is neither remembered nor praised (v.6ab), the divine name is no where to be found. The absence of the divine name in vv.6-8 underscores the despair of these sections, whereas the dense recursion of the name in sections 1 and 4 underlines the feelings of desperation and confidence respectively.f desperation and confidence respectively. + and "The divine vocative that opens this psalm is an early indication of its urgency and intensity."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000D13-QINU`"' +

Tableless

False +

Content properties

Psalm 6/Lexical Semantics +

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