Rhyme is unknown in the Bible, but the assonances which occur may easily run into rhymes.

Musical form is certainly present in Hebrew poetry, though strict metres are foreign to it.

As an historical fact, however, Hebrew rhymed verse can be traced on the one side to Syriac, on the other to Arabic influences.

In the latter case the influence was external only.

Early Arabic poetry treats of war and love, but the first Jewish rhymsters sang of peace and duty.