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beatitude

Phrase
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A statement of blessing or happiness, often beginning “Blessed are...,” used in religious or lyrical contexts

Detailed Definition
A beatitude in poetry is a lyrical expression of blessing or spiritual affirmation, often modeled after the biblical Beatitudes (e.g., “Blessed are the meek…”); it typically employs elevated, solemn diction to convey moral virtue, divine favor, or eschatological hope within a devotional or meditative context.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3); “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly” (Psalm 1:1); W.H. Auden’s “Blessed are the married” in “The Sea and the Mirror”; Denise Levertov’s “Blessed are the strangers” in her spiritual poetry
Additional Notes
beatitude: A poetic or scriptural expression of blessing, often beginning “Blessed are…”; in poetry, it can signal moral affirmation or spiritual elevation and relates closely to blessing formula (10111).
Also Known As
Blessing verse Sacred benediction Gospel lyric Divine affirmation Macarism
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