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Acrostic - "Poem in which the initial letters or initial and final letters, of each line spell out a word." ~Google Result
I was reading up Proverbs 31 today, preparing to make my facebook note, when I noted a little footnote at the beginning of verse 10. It said that verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem in the Hebrew language, so I'm up on blue letter bible now searching for how this acrostic comes out. I want to know what word it makes. If you've never read Proverbs 31, then you may want to. It's wisdom about a finding a quality woman! Hebrew is written, and read Right-to-Left, against how our culture reads things today in English. So, hopefully I pick out the alphabetical letters the right way :D Let's discover together!
Here's a little map for reference from hanefesh.com:
Alright, let's begin --
Found in the word: 'ishshah which means, woman?
(Verse 31:10)
(Verse 31:11)
I'm noticing a patter here: They seem to be going in successive order ... Without going into further detail, it appears as though it each verse uses the next letter in the hebrew alphabet.
In context, I must conclude that these are the Hebrew ABC's of a noble wife.
