Definition of Cantillation. Meaning of Cantillation. Synonyms of Cantillation

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Definition of Cantillation

Cantillation
Cantillation Can`til*la"tion, n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Meaning of Cantillation from wikipedia

- Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services. The chants are written...
- Cantillation is the ritual chanting of prayers and responses. It often specifically refers to Jewish Hebrew cantillation. Cantillation sometimes refers...
- which normally takes only one cantillation mark on the final word in the unit. Babylonian vocalization Hebrew cantillation Cardinal vowels Niqqud Palestinian...
- a cantillation mark found in Psalms, Proverbs, and Job (the אמ״ת books). Ole is also sometimes used as a stress marker in texts without cantillation. Unicode...
- Moroccan cantillation (also referred to as Moroccan Te'amim, (Hebrew: טעמי המקרא מרוקאים or טעמי המקרא נוסח מרוקו‎) refers primarily to the style and tune...
- Esposito (2004), pp. 17–18, 21. Al Faruqi, Lois Ibsen (1987). "The Cantillation of the Qur'an". Asian Music (Autumn – Winter 1987): 3–4. Ringgren, Helmer...
- of which has several functions (e.g. to denote Hebrew numerals); and cantillation, "accents" which are used exclusively to indicate how Biblical p****ages...
- are also the only ones in the Hebrew Bible with a special system of cantillation that is designed to emphasize parallel stichs within verses. However...
- and cantillation to derive from the revelation at Sinai, since it is impossible to read the original text without pronunciations and cantillation pauses...
- without cantillation or vowel marks. Outside the Tanakh, the cantillation marks are not used in modern spoken or written Hebrew at all. The cantillation marks...