L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #225 Context Menu:Labels: Wordplay

MJ. Smith

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This tip is inspired by the forum post: L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #224 Context Menu: below the line grouping: Labels - Logos Forums

For those of us not proficient in the Original Languages, the Wordplay label and its documentation is nearly the only way for us to appreciate this aspect of the original text. What types of wordplay are covered?

Wordplay

The Wordplay Dataset annotates instances of wordplay across the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament in an attempt to display the literary and linguistic creativity of the Bible. The instances of wordplay collected in this dataset all deal with the phonetic aspect of language. That is, there is some similarity or contrast in sound between several words in a text. This dataset categorizes thirteen different types of wordplay.
• type:... — Enter one of the following types of wordplay to search the open Bible(s) for every instance.

• acrostic — A literary device that is based on visual representation.
• alliteration — The repetition of one or multiple consonants across a span of text.
• anagram — A literary device that repeats all the letters of another word in a different order.
• assonance — The repetition of one or multiple vowels across a span of text. Assonance is not as common in Hebrew wordplay as it is in Greek.
• "homonymic parallelism" — A specific type of alliteration and assonance where multiple words that have the same form, but differing derivations, are repeated across a span of text.
• "ironic wordplay" — A literary device where the reader’s/hearer’s expectations are subverted.
• "lemma parallelism" — A specific type of alliteration and assonance where multiple words that possess the same root are repeated across a span of text.
• hendiadys — A literary device that pairs words with similar semantic domains. The pair of words usually convey a single concept.
• parasonance — A specific type of alliteration and assonance where multiple words that differ in a single root letter are repeated across a span of text.
• pun — A literary device where an unexpected word or sense of a word is used in place of an expected one. The word that is used in place of the expected word sounds similar to the one that is replaced.
• rhyme — A literary device where the final sound of a word is repeated across a span of text.
• homoeoprophoron — A literary device where the initial sounds of a word are repeated across a span of text. The repeated sounds are a combination of consonant and vowel sounds.
• homoioteleuton — A literary device where the final sounds of a word are repeated across a span of text. The repeated sounds are a combination of consonant and vowel sounds.

For example:

• wordplay:type:rhyme INTERSECTS speaker:Jesus

1. I use my Bible with the labels visual filter (see L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #224 Context Menu: below the line grouping: Labels - Logos Forums) to find a wordplay tag to explore Mark 1:32 "who were sick."
2. I have linked my Bible to Parks, James. Wordplay in the Bible. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2021. This takes me to the description of the word play (left column). From this I see that the alliteration occurs between Mark 1:32 and 34 (marked in green).
3. I can use the Information Panel to see the attributes of the label.
4. I can use the Concordance Guide section to find additional examples of wordplay in Mark.
5. This label cannot be accessed via the Bible Browser.

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1. Labels are an expandable section in the Context Menu. The attribute values as shown beside the label instance.
2. As usual, a search can be initiated for the label with the parameters set. Play with the parameter to get a sense of what the tagging offers you.