[HANASHIR:10335] in general--accents

[Erik L. F. Contzius <contzius...>]

in general, if you've got a decent siddur, just look for the metteg 
(the small vertical line below a letter in a word indicating an 
accent). If a word has one (or sometimes two), then the word takes 
its accent on the syllable(s) indicated. If there is no metteg on a 
word, then the word's accent falls on the last syllable. I'd reckon 
about 80% of all Hebrew words have their accent on the last syllable. 
It really shouldn't be a guessing game, since in most major siddurim, 
it is notated with the metteg, although other siddurim use other 
symbols in place of the metteg.

Happy Yom Hodu

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