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From: Russell Hendel <rhendel@saber.towson.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:55:21 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 3 Reasons for Pausing with Cantillations

J Kahan and AJ Gilboa in mj-v31n14 discuss cantillations like TVIR which
although technically disjunctive are 'really' conjunctive.

A few years ago I posted on mail jewish and explained that there are 3
types of disjuction: a) semantic disjunction b) breathing-pause
disjunction c) grouping disjuction Thus as J Kahan points out a
ZAKEF-KOTON (conjunctive pair)becomes a PASHTAH-KOTON (disjunctive pair)
(provided the word with the KOTON has 3 or more syllables.

This also answers Yehoshua's question about Dt 29:23---for the phrase
the 'fierceness of this great anger should be GROUPED as 'the fierceness
of (this great anger)'. So even though FIERCENESS is in a construct
state (FIERCENESS OF) it nevertheless is separated from (THIS GREAT
ANGER) which groups as one phrase.

Russell Hendel; Phd; ASA;Math; Towson;
Moderator Rashi Is Simple
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