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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] rhyme and reason
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:09:53 +0000

To follow on from Paul’s comments, the pausal form is part of the
cantillation system and this relates more to how the text was chanted by the
Masoretes than how the words were pronounced in antiquity.


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au




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