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[Antonio Garcia <garcia.secretariagh.antonio1 AT gmail.com>]

         Dear friends:

         Structure of cantillation of psalm 23.

         http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5569/psalm23structureofcanti.jpg

         I have sent an email about "ngd", in psalm 23, to Mr. Randall, and
I think this note could been shared here, with the link below.

         Cantillation as exercise with psalms could be seen as a rebuilding
of their original epigraphy . This exercise for experts  in  this music,  was
easy;  the economy of language. You do not need to repeat words in a written
text, or notes in a pentagram, as a result,  words were eluded.

           I think about authors of psalms, it´s possible they  were women,
and might be one resort, to explain the law, and protect their children
against the ignominy.


           I give you mi composition of cantillation of Psalm 23. You need
read three times, qere, ketib and reverse of legendum of qere.

           In general we could understand [ngd], in composition, on their
place, the context, but in psalms, cause of third reading, the reverse of
this word, [dgn], might have another meaning.


           I have try not to repeat “ngd”, in composition of psalm 23, but
I´m not sure about their movement.


           regards,

           Antonio García Hurtado.

2010/9/14 Antonio Garcia <garcia.secretariagh.antonio1 AT gmail.com>

> Structure of psalms.
>
> My main interest in bible language was the structure of psalm.  I´ve made
> one proposal to sing their text with a musical structure,  the
> cantillation.
>
> Basically, if you consider that symbols weren´t  vocalized, they could be
> seen as musical signs, and it depends on the pronounce of each singer and
> the way of reading this musical text.
>
> This pentagram must be read by the instructions of each line, we need to
> complete their text , to fill their “absent” letters, to fill the “empty”
> text. I thought that we have a wall, but some pieces where missed, or their
> writer don´t need to repeat words.
>
> I would explain my new reading with one example,  the little psalm 123, (I
> wrote in a catolic forum one article, with the same arxives. It´s easy to
> read, and there you have the four images in one only post with a similar
> explanation).
>
> [url=
> http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=98&u=12506989][img]http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_10.jpg[/img][/url
> ]
>
> In order  to complete each column, and each line, we can use similar words
> or letters.
>
> [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=99&u=12506989][img]
> http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_11.jpg[/img][/url<http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_11.jpg%5b/img%5d%5b/url>
> ]
>
>
>
> Here you have the arxive with all their pieces …., and the result of this
> action:
>
> We have two readings, the first, the ketiv, the original writing text, and
> second, qére.  In this pentagram, cantillation people used to sing this
> music in a unusual way, from left to right. That is their third reading,
>
> [url=
> http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=100&u=12506989][img]http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_12.jpg[/img][/url
> ]
>
>  here you have their text.
>
> Now, we have all of musical piece composition, and we can hear the history
> of this women, history of their violation.
>
> [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=101&u=12506989][img]
> http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/cantil10.jpg[/img][/url<http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/cantil10.jpg%5b/img%5d%5b/url>
> ]
>
>
>
> This structure, cantillation, allow us to classify each psalm and their
> principal motifs. It´s a way to read, sing, and understanding psalms.
>
> I hope this question will be accept in b-hebrew list.
>
>
>
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