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Shoftim 5: Wake up Devorah! Wake up!
Like Moshe after the defeat of the Egyptians, the Israelites after the defeat of Og, and Moshe again at the end of his life, Devora composes an epic poem describing her victory. The Song of Devora is a complex poem that includes rhymes (e.g., verse 3—“melachim” and “roznim”):
repeated words (the word “az” appears five times), narrative (verses 24–30 recalling the story of Yael):
midrash (verse 20: “The stars fought from heaven, From their courses they fought against Sisera”):
praises (verse 18: “Zebulun is a people that mocked at death, Naphtali—on the open heights”):
זְבוּלוּן עַם חֵרֵף…
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