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Esther Ta'am (Trop) Model Tunes
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זָקֵף־קָט֔וֹן
zaKÉF‑kaTON (11-28)
זָקֵף־קָט֔וֹן
zaKÉF‑kaTON (11-28)
Use the recordings below to learn how to chant Esther ta'am (trop) model tunes for zaKÉF‑kaTON phrases according to the tradition established in "Chanting the Hebrew Bible" by Joshua Jacobson.
It might look like the ta’am symbols for pashTA and kadMA
are the same, but their position is the key to telling them apart.
The pashTA is always positioned over the upper left-most corner of the last letter of a word.
The kadMA is positioned over the first letter of the accented syllable.
The pashTA is always positioned over the upper left-most corner of the last letter of a word.
The kadMA is positioned over the first letter of the accented syllable.
When a word punctuated with a pashTA is not accented on the last syllable,
a second pashTA is placed over the first letter of the accented syllable.
A word punctuated with a t'liSHAH‑k'taNAH is always followed by
a word punctuated with a kadMA (see #16, #19, #24, #27).
When a word punctuated with a t'liSHAH‑k'taNAH is not accented on the last syllable,
a second t'liSHAH‑k'taNAH is placed over the first letter of the accented syllable.
When mer'KHA precedes pashTA, the pashTA word
has only one syllable (see #17-#19 and #25-#27).
When muNACH precedes mahPAKH or mer'KHA
(as in #14 and #17),
the muNACH word is always accented on the first syllable.
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