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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiberian cantillation canonical | 3 |
| Hebrew accentuation | 1 |
| Hebrew cantillation marks | 1 |
| Masoretic accentuation | 1 |
| Tiberian Hebrew notation | 1 |
| Tiberian Masoretes | 1 |
| Tiberian Masoretic school | 1 |
| Tiberian vocalization | 1 |
| Tiberian vocalization system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1239538 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tiberian cantillation Context triple: [Te'amim, hasVariantSystem, Tiberian cantillation]
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A.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
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B.
Har HaMenuchot
Har HaMenuchot is a major Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem, serving as one of the city's primary burial grounds since the mid-20th century.
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C.
Pesukei DeZimra
Pesukei DeZimra is a series of biblical psalms and praises recited near the beginning of Jewish morning prayers to inspire gratitude and spiritual focus.
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D.
Wachtendonck Psalms
The Wachtendonck Psalms are a collection of early medieval psalm translations that preserve some of the oldest known continuous texts in Old Dutch.
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E.
Ambrosian chant
Ambrosian chant is a liturgical plainchant tradition of the Western Christian Church, distinct from Gregorian chant and historically linked to the Milanese rite.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tiberian cantillation Target entity description: 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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A.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
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B.
Har HaMenuchot
Har HaMenuchot is a major Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem, serving as one of the city's primary burial grounds since the mid-20th century.
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C.
Pesukei DeZimra
Pesukei DeZimra is a series of biblical psalms and praises recited near the beginning of Jewish morning prayers to inspire gratitude and spiritual focus.
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D.
Wachtendonck Psalms
The Wachtendonck Psalms are a collection of early medieval psalm translations that preserve some of the oldest known continuous texts in Old Dutch.
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E.
Ambrosian chant
Ambrosian chant is a liturgical plainchant tradition of the Western Christian Church, distinct from Gregorian chant and historically linked to the Milanese rite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew cantillation
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Masoretic tradition ⓘ cantillation system ⓘ musical notation system ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
Haftarah readings
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Ketuvim ⓘ Five Megillot ⓘ
surface form:
Megillot
Neviim ⓘ Torah reading ⓘ
surface form:
Torah readings
|
| appliesTo |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Galilee
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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
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disjunctive accents ⓘ non-pausal accents ⓘ pausal accents ⓘ verse-final accents ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
distinguishing major and minor syntactic breaks
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guiding melodic contour of chanting ⓘ indicating stress position in words ⓘ marking phrase boundaries ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
guiding chanting of biblical texts
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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
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surface form:
Tiberian vocalization system
|
| preservedIn |
Leningrad Codex
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surface form:
Masoretic manuscripts
Tiberian codices ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Tiberian cantillation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hebrew accentuation
Masorah ⓘ Tiberian vowel points ⓘ
surface form:
Tiberian vocalization
|
| timePeriod |
circa 8th–10th centuries CE
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early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedIn | Tiberian Hebrew tradition ⓘ |
| uses |
cantillation marks
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diacritical symbols ⓘ melodic accents ⓘ |
| writtenWith |
Biblical Hebrew consonantal text
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Tiberian vowel points ⓘ cantillation signs ⓘ teamim ⓘ ṭeʿamim ⓘ |
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Subject: Tiberian cantillation Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.