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
Megillot
linked to: Five Megillot

Neviim
Torah readings
linked to: Torah reading
appliesTo Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Masoretic Text
associatedWith Galilee
Masoretic schools
linked to: Masorah

city of Tiberias
developedBy 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 vocalization system
preservedIn Masoretic manuscripts
linked to: Leningrad Codex

Tiberian codices
relatedConcept Hebrew accentuation
Masorah
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 linked to: te'amim
Masorah relatedConcept Tiberian vocalization
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
BHS notationSystem Masoretic accentuation
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Palestinian cantillation relatedTo Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian cantillation partOf Tiberian vocalization system
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian cantillation developedBy Tiberian Masoretes
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian cantillation relatedConcept Hebrew accentuation
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Ta'amei ha-mikra alsoKnownAs Hebrew cantillation marks
subject linked to: ta'amei ha-mikra
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Ta'amei ha-mikra writingSystem Tiberian Hebrew notation
subject linked to: ta'amei ha-mikra
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Babylonian cantillation comparedWith Tiberian cantillation
Masoretic Text notableSchool Tiberian Masoretic school
linked to: Tiberian cantillation