[HANASHIR:5714] Re: Trope question

[BZcantor <BZcantor...>]

In a message dated 04/06/2000 12:51:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
V(dot)Tunkel (at) qmw(dot)ac(dot)uk writes:

>  The first sign can't be a pashta because that trop can only fall
>  on the last letter of a word (post-positive); and can't be a kadma 
>  because that sign must be on the accented syllable.  It is usually 
>  called either a metiga or a maqel.  I prefer the latter so as not to 
>  confuse it with a meteg.  It is actually a jumped-up meteg where, 
>  on a long word, or on two words liked by a maqef, there is contained 
>  a closed syllable.  The masoretes wanted it to have some extra 
>  musical expression or they would have left it as a meteg.

OK, that's something new for me to consider.  I stand corrected.

                            Cantor Neil Schwartz

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