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divine breath

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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

The notion of sacred breath as the origin of poetic or prophetic utterance

Detailed Definition
Divine breath is a poetic motif symbolizing inspiration, life force, or spiritual presence, often linked to pneuma, ruach, or prana across religious traditions; it appears in creation myths, prophetic verse, or mystical poetry as the animating power that flows through language, connecting the human and the sacred through utterance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Divine breath examples refer to poetic inspiration as breath from the gods; Homeric invocation to the Muse as breathing spirit; Shakespeare’s “spirit of breath” imagery.
Additional Notes
divine breath: A metaphor for poetic inspiration, suggesting that the poem's creation is a result of a supernatural or heavenly force; relates to the idea of the poet as a vessel for a higher power. Related: Afflatus, divine inspiration.
Also Known As
Spirit breath sacred breath divine exhalation pneuma
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