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This author is mentioned most in the headings of the מזמורים.
Who is דָוִד?
100
"Gimme that,” “May I please have,” and “Would you be so kind as to pass the" is an example of this.
What is range in diction?
100
This is an abbreviation for the word 'Qoran' (i.e., Koran).
What is 'Qor.'?
100
This is the reason why Rabbi Eleazar quoting Rabbi Avina, said: “Whoever recites [the mizmor] ‘Praise of David’ (Tehillim 145) [aka, “Ashrei”] three times daily – it is assured that he will inherit the world to come."
What is "it has an alphabetical arrangement and refers to Hashem sustaining the world"?
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This is the name for the punctuation found in תנ''ך.
What is טעמי המקרא?
200
This is the root of the word תהלים.
What is ה-ל-ל?
200
Here is an example of this element of poetry: "The Heart" by Jill Alexander Essbaum (b. 1971) Four simple chambers. A thousand complicated doors. One of them is yours.
What is metaphor?
200
הֵמָּה has this number of definitions.
What is eight?
200
"שונאי ישראל" is an example of this type of language.
What is לשון סַגִי נְהוֹר?
200
This טעם המקרא, can most strongly be compared to a comma.
What is an etnachta?
300
These are different possible meanings for the 'ל' in the headings.
What is "to (a directive)", "for", "by", "about", "in honor of", and "was accustomed to sing".
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Here is an example of this element of poetry: "Anonymous English children's jingle" Julius Caesar, The Roman geezer Squashed his wife with a lemon squeezer.
What is parallelism?
300
Wilhelm Gesenius published is "Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum in V. T. Libros" in this year.
What is 1833.
300
This מזמור is the longest in all of ספר תהלים.
What is מזמור קיט?
300
The Levites left their instruments here when they were not playing them in the Beit HaMikdash.
What are the chambers underneath the Israelite courtyard that opened to the Women's courtyard?
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These are the eight terms, or כינוים that the מזמורים are referred to by in ספר תהלים.
What are מזמור, שיר, משכיל, מכתם, תפלה, שגיון, שירה, תהלה?
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Here is an example of this element of poetry: "The piercing chill I feel" by Taniguchi Buson (1716-1783) The piercing chill I feel my wife's dead comb, in our bedroom, under my heel...
What is personification?
400
This is the definition of the Aramaic word "כְּפַת".
What is "bind".
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In Medieval Spain, they would follow this מנהג while reciting אשרי.
What is opening up one's hand at "פותח"?
400
This is what Miriam is said to have played on at the שיר של ים.
What is a תֹף or timbrel?
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According to חז''ל, these ten authors are responsible for all of the מזמורים in ספר תהלים.
Who are Adam, Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Heman, Yeduthun, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah?
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There are six on display here: "Luke Havergal" by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal, There where the vines cling crimson on the wall, And in the twilight wait for what will come. The leaves will whisper there of her, and some, Like flying words, will strike you as they fall; But go, and if you listen she will call. Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal-- Luke Havergal.
What is an orchestra of poetic voice?
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1 For the lead player, a David maskil, 2 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Sault and said to him, "David has come to the house of Achimelech." 3 Why boast of evil, O hero? -God's kindness is all day long 4 Disasters your tongue devises, like a well-honed razor, doing deceit. 5 You love evil better than good, a lie more than speaking justice. selah 6 You love all destructive words, the tongue of deceit. 7 God יִתָּצְךָ forever, sweep you up and tear you from the tent, root you out from the land of the living. selah
What is "he will smash" or "he will pull down" (found under נתץ).
500
This פרשן corresponds Ashrei "כנגד שלש תפלות".
Who is רש''י?
500
This eight-stringed instrument is depicted on a Bar Kokhba coin.
What is a כִנּוֹר or lyre?
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