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ORIGINALRH-102
Cantillation / Ta'amim · Reading the Verse: Ta'amim
Zaqef Qatan
RH-102HebrewMasoretic prose and poetic cantillation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
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Transliterationzaqef qatan
Plain meaninga common disjunctive phrase break
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Zaqef Qatan
Zaqef Qatan is a frequent separating accent. It creates a meaningful break smaller than the strongest verse divisions but strong enough to organize the sentence into phrases. When reading, pause according to the phrase structure rather than treating every word equally.
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zaqef qatan
READINGApproved transliteration
a common disjunctive phrase break
MEANINGHebrew
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