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ORIGINALRH-111
Cantillation / Ta'amim · Reading the Verse: Ta'amim
Mercha
RH-111HebrewMasoretic prose and poetic cantillation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
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Transliterationmercha
Plain meaninga joining accent
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Mercha
Mercha is commonly conjunctive. The word carrying Mercha is read as part of the phrase leading into a following disjunctive accent. This illustrates why ta'amim must be learned as relationships, not as independent tunes.
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mercha
READINGApproved transliteration
a joining accent
MEANINGHebrew
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