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Ver. 18.0
July 22, 2010

Song of Deborah (Judges 5)

by David Steinberg
David.Steinberg@houseofdavid.ca
Home page http://www.houseofdavid.ca/

N.b. The Guidelines I Have Used in Reconstructing the Pronunciation of First

Temple Period Hebrew are found at
http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb_6.htm#guidelines

In Paleo-
Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions: (a) the words are normally separated by dots; (b) there
is no division by paragraph or sentencei; and, (c) writing is generally continuous with
the breaks between lines oc
occurring whenever space runs out i.e. in any place within or
between words.

Table 1 - Reconstructed First Temple Vocalization and Transposition into

Tiberian Graphemes

Table 2 - Reconstructed Pre-Exilic Orthographies

Table 3 - Proto-Masoretic Orthography

Table 4 - Metrics

Table 4
Metrics
vs. 2-
2-6

[EBHP] 1. Primary 2. Words in 1+2

Verse
stress Construct
bɐpʊˌˌɾʊʕ pɐɾɐˈˈʕ oːt 2 1 3
2
bɐyɪɬɾa::ˈʔẹːl
bɐhɪtnɐdˌˌdɪb ˈʕ ɐmm 1 1 2
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Verse [EBHP] 1. Primary 2. Words in 1+2

stress Construct
bɐɾˈˈɾɪkuˑ
ɾɪ ˑ yɐhˈˈwẹː 2 0 2

ʃʊˈˈmʊʕuˑˑ mɐlɐˈˈkiː
kiːm 2 0 2
3
hɐʔˈˈziː
ziːnuˑˑ ɾoːzɪˈˈniː
niːm 2 0 2

ʔɐˈˈ noːkiˑˑ lɐyɐhˈˈ w ẹː 2 0 2

ʔɐˈˈ noːkiˑˑ ʔɐˈˈ ʃiː ɾɐˑˑ 2 0 2

ʔɐzɐmˈˈmɪɾ lɐyɐhˈˈ w ẹː 2 0 2

ʔɛloːːˌhɛy yɪɬɾɐ::ˈʔẹːl 1 1 2

yɐhˈw
ˈwẹ
ˈwẹː bɐsˁɪʔˈˈtɐkɐˑˑ mɪɬɬɛˈˈʕ iːɾ 3 0 3
4
bɐsˁɐʕd
dɐkɐˑˑ mɪɬɬɐˌˌdẹːː 2 1 3
ʔɛˈˈdoː
doːm
ˈʔɐɾ
ɐɾs
ɐɾsˁ ɾɐˈˈʕ ɐ ʃɐˑˑ 2 0 2
ˈgɐm ʃɐˈˈ m ɐym
ɐym nɐˈˈ tˁɐ puˑˑ 3 0 3
ˈgɐm ɣɐˈˈb iːm nɐˈˈtˁɐpuˑ
ˁɐ ˑ ˈm ɐym
ɐym 4 0 4
hɐɾˈˈɾiː
ɾiːm nɐˈˈzʊlluˑ
ʊl ˑ 2 0 2
5
mɪppɐˌˌnɛy yɐhˈw
ˈwẹ
ˈwẹː 1 1 2
ˌzẹːː siːːˈnɐy 1 1 2
mɪppɐˌˌnɛy yɐhˈw
ˈwẹ
ˈwẹː 1 1 2
ʔɛloːːˌhɛy yɪɬɾɐːːˈʔẹːl 1 1 2
bɐyɐˌˌmɛy ʃɐmˈˈgɐɾ ˌbɛn ʕɐˈˈnɐ ːt 2 2 4
6
bɐyɐˌˌmɛy yɐˈˈʕ ẹːl 1 1 2
xɐˈˈd ɪluˑˑ ʔo̞ɾɐˈ
ˈxoːt 2 0 2
wɐho:: lɪˌˌkɛy nɐtiːːˈboː
boːt 1 1 2
yɛˈˈlɪkuˑˑ ʔo̞ɾɐˈ
ˈxoːt ʕɐkˁɐlkˁɐˈˈloː
loːt 3 0 3

i This is clearly evident in e.g. the Mesha Stele.

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