Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services. The chants are written...
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Cantillation is the ritual chanting of prayers and responses. It often specifically refers to Jewish Hebrew cantillation. Cantillation sometimes refers...
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cantillation mark commonly found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other biblical texts. It is commonly explained as being the Aramaic equivalent of Hebrew...
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טַעַם), and cantillation. This use continues into the present beyond reprintings of Biblical texts; for example, the sheet music for modern Hebrew songs, such...
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The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (/tɑːˈnɑːx/; Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ Tanaḵ), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (/miːˈkrɑː/; Hebrew: מִקְרָא Mīqrāʾ), is the canonical...
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accentuation and musical rendition of Biblical texts (see Hebrew cantillation). Audio example of liturgical Hebrew This is a portion of the blessing that is traditionally...
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niqqud, each of which has several functions (e.g. to denote Hebrew numerals); and cantillation, "accents" which are used exclusively to indicate how Biblical...
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denote Hebrew numerals consisting of a single Hebrew letter or of multiple Hebrew letters, respectively. Geresh is also the name of a cantillation mark...
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Nevi'im (redirect from The Hebrew Prophets, nabiy')
(/nəviˈiːm, nəˈviːɪm/; Hebrew: נְבִיאִים Nəvīʾīm, Tiberian: Năḇīʾīm 'Prophets', lit. 'spokespersons') is the second major division of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh)...
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Tiberian vocalization (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
which normally takes only one cantillation mark on the final word in the unit. Babylonian vocalization Hebrew cantillation Cardinal vowels Niqqud Palestinian...
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