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Masoretic Accentuation

Masoretic Accentuation is a system of diacritical marks and syntactic indicators developed by the Masoretes to standardize the chant, parsing, and phrasing of Biblical Hebrew texts, distinguishing it from other textual annotation systems through its dual function in denoting both musical intonation and grammatical structure within the Masoretic Text.

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14

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2

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Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Masoretic AccentsTa'amei Hamikra

Parents

Publications

11

Orthography and Linguistic Theory: The Syntactic Basis of Masoretic Hebrew Punctuation

Mark Aronoff · Language · 1985 · 88 citations

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The Music of the Bible Revealed: The Deciphering of a Millenary Notation

Peter T. Daniels, Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura, D. Weber et al. · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1992 · 41 citations

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The colometry of Hebrew verse and the Masoretic accents : evaluation of a recent approach (part II)

Raymond de Hoop · Journal of Northwest Semitic languages · 2000 · 38 citations

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“Pointing to the Accents in the Scroll”: Functional Development of the Masoretic Accents in the Hebrew Bible

Sung Jin Park · Hebrew studies · 2014 · 33 citations

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How was the <i>dageš</i> in Biblical Hebrew Pronounced and Why is it There?

Geoffrey Khan · Journal of Semitic Studies · 2018 · 22 citations

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Authors

14

  1. CM
    Carmel McCarthy

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  2. RD
    Raymond de Hoop

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  3. ZG
    Zev Garber

    Los Angeles Valley College, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. PT
    Peter T. Daniels

    Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Australia

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. SL
    Sophia L. Pitcher

    University of the Free State, South Africa

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

2

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  2. University of the Free State

    Bloemfontein, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Semitic Studies

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  2. Journal of Northwest Semitic languages

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  3. Journal of Biblical Literature

    SBL · 1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Vetus Testamentum

    1 publications · 18 citations

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