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

Shalom all,

The third word in Deut. 5:24 (vs. 27 in the English), "and hear", is 
voacalized "u$ama(", with a hataph patah under the shin, instead of the 
expected sheva. Any ideas why?

Yigal
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Trop
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On 8/19/05, Sujata wrote:
> Is there more than one version of the Trop? What is
> the oldest manuscript that carries the Trop?
> Best wishes,
> Sujata

I don't know about the oldest manuscript, but the 
cantillation marks are mentioned in the Jerusalem 
Talmud which I guess would be their earliest mention.
There are three main systems of cantillation marks, 
just like vocalization marks: Tiberian, Israelite, and 
Babylonian. The Tiberian cantillation marks have a 
different set of markings for three books - Psalms, 
Job, and Proverbs.  There are also apparently 
indications that there were separate sub-systems 
within the Tiberian system of cantillation marks.  The 
Tiberian is the most involved system and the 
Babylonian system has marks only above pausal 
forms.  The Babylonian and Israelite systems are 
known mainly from Genizah fragments and some 
manuscripts.  

Yitzhak Sapir