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 (14)

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Statements (52)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Firkovich B19A → associatedWith → Tiberian Masoretes ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Firkovich B19A → hasCantillationMarks → Masoretic accents ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian codices → associatedWith → Tiberian Masoretes ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian vowel points → partOf → Masoretic vocalization system ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Biblical cantillation → hasVariant → Tiberian cantillation system ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Biblical cantillation → basedOn → Tiberian Masoretic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation
Aaron ben Asher → scholarlyTradition → Tiberian Masorah ⓘ
linked to: Tiberian cantillation