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Zarka (trope)

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800:. Zarqa / tsinnor corresponds to Unicode "Hebrew accent zinor", code point U+05AE (where "zinor" is a misspelled form for tsinnor), while tsinnorit maps to "Hebrew accent zarqa", code point U+0598. 783:
Zarqa / tsinnor is a distinctive cantillation symbol both on the 21 books and the 3 books, while tsinnorit appears only on the 3 books, and always combined with a second mark (
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translates as "throwing" and the melody is ascending in Moroccan and Sefardic tradition (with two or one retracements respectively) and descending in the Ashkenazic.
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books, from their initials in Hebrew), and zarqa the name it gets on the remaining 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (also known as the
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Zarka is also sometimes called tsinnor. Properly speaking, tsinnor is the name it receives when appears on the three
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Art of Torah Cantillation: A Step-by-step Guide to Chanting Torah By Marshall Portnoy, Josée Wolff, page 59
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Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 5
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Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 6
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preceding either or both. The symbol for a Zarka is a 90 degrees rotated, inverted S. The Hebrew word
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Zarka is part of the Segol group. In this group, Zarka is the connector and Segol is the separator.
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Zarqa / tsinnor is always postpositive, which means that it is always placed
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Caution must be taken not to confuse this mark with the very similar mark
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books). Both sets of books use a different cantillation system.
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Chanting the Hebrew Bible By Joshua R. Jacobson, page 61
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Tsinnorit is always 735:Zarka, Tsinnor and Tsinnorit 7: 10: 1495: 1431: 1385: 1359: 1328: 1297: 1266: 1225: 1216: 1175: 1149: 1123: 1077: 908: 777: 769: 710:, and other books of the 651: 647: 639: 623: 605: 597: 581: 570: 562: 546: 535: 527: 511: 500: 492: 476: 465: 457: 441: 430: 422: 399: 388: 380: 364: 353: 345: 329: 311: 303: 287: 276: 268: 252: 241: 233: 217: 206: 198: 182: 171: 163: 147: 136: 128: 112: 101: 93: 77: 51: 40: 34: 28: 23: 18: 817:Number of appearances 1377:Telisha Ketana/Gedola 375:Telisha gedola/talsha 541:Telisha qetana/tarsa 436:Munakh/shofar holekh 1078:Books that are read 1479:Cantillation marks 876:    865:    854:    843:    832:    702:mark found in the 1466: 1465: 1462: 1461: 906: 905: 805:Total occurrences 681: 680: 47: 46: 1486: 1298:Sof Passuk group 1223: 1222: 1064: 1057: 1050: 1041: 1040: 1034: 1031: 1022: 1019: 1002: 1001: 994: 988: 987: 980: 971: 970: 963: 957: 956: 949: 943: 940: 934: 931: 917: 809: 808: 779: 771: 748: 747: 727: 726: 697: 673: 666: 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Index

cantillation
Sof passuk
Paseq
Etnakhta/atnakh
Segol
Shalshelet
Zakef katan
Zakef gadol
Tifcha/tarkha
Rivia
Zarka
Pashta
Yetiv
Tevir
Geresh
Geresh muqdam
de
Gershayim
Karne parah
Telisha gedola/talsha
Pazer
Atnah hafukh
de
Munakh/shofar holekh
Mahpach
Merkha/ma’arikh
Mercha kefula
Darga
Qadma
Telisha qetana/tarsa

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