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Would we expect Lehi’s poetic couplet to match several features of desert poetry used by the ancient Bedouin of Arabia?

In 1 Nephi 2:9-10 we read:

And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!

And he also spake unto Lemuel: O that thou mightest be like unto this valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord!

Hugh Nibley comments how this couplet is remarkably similar to ancient Arabian desert poetry which includes the following features:

What are the odds that Lehi’s couplet would so closely resemble poetry used by the ancient Bedouin of Arabia?

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