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ORIGINALRH-095
Vowels & Reading · Sound Units, Stress, Meteg, and Maqaf
Maqaf
RH-095HebrewMasoretic vocalization and word reading
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
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Transliterationmaqaf
Plain meaningjoins words closely in reading
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Maqaf
Maqaf is the raised horizontal line connecting two or more Hebrew words. The connected words form a close accentual unit, and the earlier word may lose its own primary cantillation mark. Maqaf therefore affects how the phrase is read, not merely how it is printed.
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maqaf
READINGApproved transliteration
joins words closely in reading
MEANINGHebrew
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
כָּל־הָאָרֶץ — kol-ha'arets — all the earth
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