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1
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Group 1-Disjunctive accent

טטטֽ

סִלּוּק

A

silluq

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Group 2-Disjunctive accent

טט֓ט׀

שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת

A

shalshelet

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Group 1-Disjunctive accent

טטט֑

אַתְנָח

A

atnakh

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Group 2-Disjunctive accent. Postpositive

טטט֒

סְגֹולְתָּא

A

segolta

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Group 2-Disjunctive accent

טטט֔

זָקֵף קָטו̇ן

A

zaqeph qaton

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Group 2-Disjunctive accent

טטט֕

זָקֵף גָּדו̇ל

A

zaqeph gadol

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Group 2-Disjunctive accent

טטט֖

טִפְחָה

A

tiphkha

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Group 3-Disjunctive accent

טטט֗

רְבִיעַ

A

revia

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Group 3–Disjunctive accent. Postpositive

טטט֙

פַּשְׁסָא

A

pashta

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Group 3-Disjunctive accent

טטט֘

זַרְקָא

A

zarqa

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Group 3-Disjunctive accent

טטט֛

תְּבִיר

A

tevir

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Group 3-Disjunctive accent. Prepositive

ט֚טט

Yetiv will always be placed to the right of the vowel-יְתִיב

A

yetiv

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Group 4-Disjunctive accent

טטט֡

פָּזֵר

A

pazer

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Group 4-Disjunctive accent

טטט֟

קַרְנֵי פָרָה

A

qarne parah2

2 An alternative name is pazer gadol (פָּזֵר גָּדוֹל). I prefer qarne parah because it means “horns of a cow,” which is what the symbol looks like, so it should be easier to remember.

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Group 4-Disjunctive accent. Prepositive

ט֠טט

תְּלִישָׁא גְּדז̇לָה

A

telisha gedolah

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Group 4-Disjunctive accent

טטט֜

גֶּרֶשׁ

A

geresh

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Group 4-Disjunctive accent

טטט֞

גֶּרְשַׁיִם

A

gershayim

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Group 4-Disjunctive accent

טטט֣׀

לְגַרְמֶהּ

A

legarmeh

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Conjunctive Accents

טטט֥

מֵרְכָא

A

merekha

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Conjunctive Accents

מֵרְכָא כְּפוּלָה

A

merekha kephulah

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Conjunctive Accents

טטט֣

מוּנָח

A

munakh

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Conjunctive Accents

טטט֚

-מְהֻפָּח mehuppakh will be placed to the left of the vowel.

A

mehuppakh

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Conjunctive Accents

טטט֪

גַּלְגַּל

A

galgal

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Conjunctive Accents

טטט֧

דַּרְגָּא

A

darga

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Conjunctive Accents

טטט֨

אַזְלָא

A

azla3

3 An alternative name is qadma (קַדְמָא).

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Conjunctive Accents. Postpositive

טטט֩

תְּלִישָׁא קְטַנָּה

A

telisha qetannah

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Prepositive accents

A

Prepositive accents are placed at the very front of a word, regardless of where the stress lies.

25
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Postpositive Accents

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Postpositive accents are placed at the very end of a word, regardless of where the stress lies.

26
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Disjunctive accents

A

The disjunctive sense markers indicate where the reader is to pause in the reading of the text.

27
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Conjunctive Accents

A

The conjunctive sense markers, on the other hand, require the reader to keep going and to read a word closely with what follows. In a sense it joins two ideas, or words that are related by action or something in the sentence.

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Silluq ◌◌ֽ

A

Silluq ◌◌ֽ always occurs on the very last word of a verse, and it divides one verse from another.

29
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Atnakh ֑

A

Atnakh ֑ divides a verse in half, not in terms of word count but in terms of sense.

30
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Group 2 accents

A

In general, accents in group 2 divide in half units created by accents in group 1.

31
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Group 2

Segolta ֒

A

Segolta ֒ divides the first half of a verse in half,20 but is never used after atnakh, that is, segolta is never used to divide the second half of a verse in half. In addition, segolta is not used with high frequency, being found only in longer verses

32
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Shalshelet ◌◌֓׀

A

Shalshelet ◌◌֓׀ is a substitute for segolta and occurs only fourteen times in the Twenty-One. So, if you encounter shalshelet, think of it as segolta.

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ZAQEPH GADOL ◌◌֕

A

ZAQEPH GADOL ◌◌֕

Zaqeph gadol ◌◌֕ is a substitute for zaqeph qaton. If you encounter zaqeph gadol, think of it as zaqeph qaton.

33
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Zaqeph qaton ֔

A

Zaqeph qaton ֔ is statistically the most common accent used to divide a half verse in half, and unlike segolta, zaqeph is used to divide both the first and the second halves of a verse in half.

34
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Tiphkha ֖

A

Tiphkha ֖ is a bit more multifaceted than the accents studied to this point. First, when tiphkha occurs, it is always the final disjunctive accent before silluq or atnakh. Second, in shorter half verses tiphkha, not zaqeph, divides the half in half, while in longer half verses tiphkha divides the unit following zaqeph in half.

35
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Revia ◌◌ׄ

A

Revia ◌◌ׄ

Revia ◌◌ׄ divides in half a unit created by a group 2 accent.

36
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Zarqa ◌◌֘

A

Zarqa ◌◌֘ occurs only in a unit created by segolta. Being a group 3 accent, zarqa is in the same group as revia, but zarqa is not as strong as revia. Typically, a segolta unit is divided in half by revia, but in the absence of revia, zarqa can divide a short segolta unit in half.

37
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PASHTA ◌◌֙

A

PASHTA ◌◌֙

Pashta ◌◌֙ occurs only in a unit created by zaqeph. Being a group 3 accent, pashta is in the same group as revia and zarqa, but pashta is not as strong as revia or zarqa. Typically, a zaqeph unit is divided in half by revia, but in the absence of revia, pashta can divide a short zaqeph unit in half.

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TEVIR ◌◌֛

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TEVIR ◌◌֛

Tevir ◌◌֛ occurs only in a unit created by tiphkha. Being a group 3 accent, tevir is in the same group as revia, zarqa, and pashta, but tevir is not as strong as revia, zarqa, or pashta. Typically, a tiphkha unit is divided in half by revia, but in the absence of revia, tevir can divide a short tiphkha unit in half.

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YETIV ◌◌֚

A

YETIV ◌◌֚

Yetiv ◌◌֚ is a substitute for pashta, so if you encounter yetiv, think of it as pashta.

40
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Group 4

A

accents in group 4 divide in half units created by accents in group 3.

40
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PAZER ◌◌֡

A

PAZER ◌◌֡

Pazer ◌◌֡ divides in half a unit created by revia, zarqa, pashta, or tevir.

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QARNE PARAH ◌◌֟

A

QARNE PARAH ◌◌֟

Qarne parah25 ◌◌֟ is a substitute for pazer, so if you encounter qarne parah, think of it as pazer.

25 Also called pazer gadol.

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TELISHA GEDOLAH ◌◌֠

A

TELISHA GEDOLAH ◌◌֠

Telisha gedolah ◌◌֠ is a substitute for pazer, so if you encounter telishah gedolah, think of it as pazer..

43
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GERESH ◌◌֜

A

GERESH ◌◌֜

Geresh ◌◌֜ divides in half a unit created by revia, zarqa, pashta, or tevir..

44
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GERSHAYIM ◌◌֞

A

GERSHAYIM ◌◌֞

Gershayim ◌◌֞ is a substitute for geresh ◌◌֜, so if you encounter gershayim, think of it as geresh.

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Conjunctive accents 2

A

In short, the conjunctive accents are placed on words in between the disjunctive accents, and they thereby show the words that are to be treated as a unit, starting with the first conjunctive accent and ending with a disjunctive accent.

45
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LEGARMEH ◌◌֣׀

A

LEGARMEH ◌◌֣׀

Legarmeh ◌◌֣׀ typically occurs before revia .

46
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Merekha ◌◌֥

A

Merekha ◌◌֥

Merekha ◌◌֥ is the conjunctive accent that will occur immediately before silluq, the strongest disjunctive accent (when silluq is not preceded by a disjunctive accent).

47
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Munakh ◌◌֣

A

Munakh ◌◌֣

Munakh ◌◌֣, the most frequent conjunctive accent, is the conjunctive accent that will occur immediately before atnakh, the second strongest disjunctive accent (when atnakh is not preceded by a disjunctive accent).

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Munakh 2

A

Munakh is also the conjunctive accent that will occur immediately before zaqeph, the third-strongest disjunctive accent (when zaqeph is not preceded by a disjunctive accent).

49
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Munakh 3

A

Munakh ֣ is also the conjunctive accent that will occur immediately before zarqa, another group 3 disjunctive accent.

50
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Mehuppakh

A

Mehuppakh ֤

Mehuppakh ֤ is the conjunctive accent that will occur immediately before pashta, a group 3 disjunctive accent.12

12 Remember that mehuppakh looks like yetiv, but yetiv is prepositive. Compare כִּ֚י (yetiv in Gen 3:5) and כִּ֤י (mehuppakh in Gen 4:12).

51
Q

Azla ֨

A

Azla ֨

Azla ֨ is the conjunctive accent that will occur immediately before geresh, a group 4 disjunctive accent.

52
Q

Silluq Exegesis

A

Silluq (הָאָֽרֶץ) marks the end of the verse, and atnakh (אֱלֹהִ֑ים) marks the midpoint, separating the predicate and the subject (atnakh A) from the direct objects (atnakh B).

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