Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Naama Zahavi-Ely" <nxzaha AT wm.edu>
> As to the 2nd question:  I learned at the Hebrew University the suggestion
> that the two systems of chant markers were the result of the working of
two
> groups, rather than a difference dictated by the material.  Certainly, a
> great deal of Biblical poetry (in the prophets, etc) is set to the
> cantillation marks of the majority of the Bible rather than the
> psalms/proverbs/Job set.
>
And then there's always Psalm 18, which is also 2 Samuel 22. Each version
uses its own set of cantillation marks - Psalm 18 uses the "special" EMeT
marks (Iyyov, Mishlei, Tehilim), while 2 Sam uses the standard marks.

Yigal