Tiberian cantillation

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Tiberian cantillation is a system of melodic accents and symbols used in the Tiberian Hebrew tradition to guide the chanting and syntactic interpretation of biblical texts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew cantillation
Masoretic tradition
cantillation system
musical notation system
appliedTo Haftarah readings
Ketuvim
Five Megillot
surface form: Megillot

Neviim
Torah reading
surface form: Torah readings
appliesTo Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Masoretic Text
associatedWith Galilee
Masorah
surface form: Masoretic schools

city of Tiberias
developedBy Tiberian cantillation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tiberian Masoretes
distinctFrom Babylonian cantillation
Palestinian cantillation
hasComponent conjunctive accents
disjunctive accents
non-pausal accents
pausal accents
verse-final accents
hasFunction distinguishing major and minor syntactic breaks
guiding melodic contour of chanting
indicating stress position in words
marking phrase boundaries
hasPurpose guiding chanting of biblical texts
indicating syntactic structure of verses
marking accentuation of words
preserving oral reading tradition
influenced later Jewish cantillation traditions
language Biblical Hebrew
notationType in-word diacritics
subscript signs
superscript signs
partOf Tiberian cantillation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tiberian vocalization system
preservedIn Leningrad Codex
surface form: Masoretic manuscripts

Tiberian codices
relatedConcept Tiberian cantillation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hebrew accentuation

Masorah
Tiberian vowel points
surface form: Tiberian vocalization
timePeriod circa 8th–10th centuries CE
early Middle Ages
usedIn Tiberian Hebrew tradition
uses cantillation marks
diacritical symbols
melodic accents
writtenWith Biblical Hebrew consonantal text
Tiberian vowel points
cantillation signs
teamim
ṭeʿamim

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te'amim hasVariantSystem Tiberian cantillation
subject surface form: Te'amim
Masorah relatedConcept Tiberian cantillation
this entity surface form: Tiberian vocalization
BHS notationSystem Tiberian cantillation
this entity surface form: Masoretic accentuation
Palestinian cantillation relatedTo Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian cantillation partOf Tiberian cantillation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tiberian vocalization system
Tiberian cantillation developedBy Tiberian cantillation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tiberian Masoretes
Tiberian cantillation relatedConcept Tiberian cantillation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hebrew accentuation
ta'amei ha-mikra alsoKnownAs Tiberian cantillation
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
this entity surface form: Hebrew cantillation marks
ta'amei ha-mikra writingSystem Tiberian cantillation
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
this entity surface form: Tiberian Hebrew notation
Babylonian cantillation comparedWith Tiberian cantillation
Masoretic Text notableSchool Tiberian cantillation
this entity surface form: Tiberian Masoretic school