1 Samuel (Old Testament) · Song / prayer within historical narrative (Hannah's Song)
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The pillars (מְצֻקֵי / ammud-family) of the earth are Yahweh's; he has set the world on them.
Hannah's Song is exalted poetry. Whether 'pillars' is architectural imagery or metaphor of sustaining power is interpretation.
An earth resting on physical pillars — a stable platform.
Cosmic 'pillars' as metaphor for God's sustaining order (cf. Job 26:11 'pillars of heaven').
Earth; land; the ground or a defined territory.
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