(המקרא) "The Bow": David's Elegy (YouTube)
by White_Rabbit
03/03/2008, 11:18 AM

Here is my latest slideshow of biblical Hebrew poetry (or more exactly, melopoesis). It features David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, aka "The Bow" (2 Samuel 1:19-27), with Hebrew text, Latinized transliteration and English translation.

The Hebrew word in the title of this post, ha-Miqra (המקרא), is different from the shalom (שלום) I've been using most commonly. The word ha-Miqra means the Hebrew Bible as recited, rather than as written. I thought the word would be most fitting.

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