Linguo-poetics of the English version of Anna’s prayer from Ramataim-Zuthite, from the Ephraim Mountains
Authors:   National Aviation University, Skrypnyk T. 
Published: June 2024

The article presents the presupposition of creating a prayer by a poetess whose name and work are recorded in the Bible. The image of the poetess, the high level of her spiritual world, the uniqueness of world perception, the richness and poetics of speech, the peculiarities of religious ideas have been revealed in the paper. Attention is paid to the gender problem of recognizing the primacy of the poetess in the literature of the ancient people and the problem that forced the poetess to create the prayer. In literary studies, it is believed that the first poet whose name is recorded in the Torah was King David (reigned 1012-972 BC). 150 of his psalms are recorded in the Torah (the Old Testament). However, the analysis of the texts of the Old Testament showed that the first poetess of the ancient Jewish people was Anna, the wife of Elkan from Ramathaim-Zuthite, from the Ephraim mountains. She was the mother of the prophet Samuel, and her prayer of thanks to God for the birth of her son was recorded in the Old Testament. The prayer is a testimony of the impact of gender issues on the fate of women in the ancient world. The probable time of the creation of Anna's prayer – 1143 BC – corresponds to the years of the life of prophet Samuel. It is believed that he was born in 1146 BC. Anna gave him to the temple of Elijah in the town of Shiloh after weaning when he turned 3, as was customary in those days. He became a Nazarene, that is, dedicated to God, and he became a prophet. But comparing the years of Samuel's life with the years of King Saul's life raises many questions about the accuracy of his birth date. The article examines the peculiarities of linguopoetics of the English version of Anna's prayer: semantic antonyms, the use of substantivation, tautology of poetic syntagms, antitheses of metaphors, anepiphora as a special type of rhyme, alliteration, etc. Anepiphora “in the Lord – in the Lord” emphasizes the importance of the image of God and the power of the poetess's religious ideas. The technique of poetic tautology of syntagms is applied: “Those who were – those who were”. Examples of alliteration: there is no one, those who were, she who was, full of food. Examples of substantivation (transition of one part of speech into another one) are studied in the words hungry – hunger. Hunger – is noun, hungry – is adjective. Semantic antonyms: barren – has borne (literally: barren – has given birth). She who was barren has borne seven children. Antitheses of metaphors: He will guard the feet of his saints, But the wicked will be silenced in darkness. The lyrical content of the work reveals the poetess' state of mind, her religious perception of God, the high level of her spiritual world, and is characterized by emotionality. The text of the work shows the uniqueness of the worldview, spiritual and linguistic richness of the poetess. In verse 10 of the prayer, Anna prophesied the coming of the next Lord’s Anointed and expressed her prediction of the Last Judgment in a metaphorical form. In Christianity, Anna of Ramataim- Zuthite is considered a prophetess, her name is mentioned on December 9. Key words: presupposition, gender issues, alliteration, substantivation, metaphor.