Ch. 36 Supplements
Requirements
- Beginning with Quiz 36, the quizzes will consist of only the vocabulary and sentence translations.
- There will be no parsing questions.
Others
- Chapter 36 talks about cantillation marks and other Masoretic conventions.
- These are the works of the Masoretic but probably reflect a much earlier tradition.
- The cantillation marks are everywhere in the Hebrew Bible.
- Almost all grammar books use the ââÖĞâ sign to mark the stress syllable of a Hebrew verb.
- In the Hebrew Bible, however, this sign does not exist.
- Instead, the cantillation marks mark the accented syllable (though some are prepositive or postpositive).
- When we approach the Hebrew Bible as a student and an exegete, the most valuable functions of the cantillation marks are:
- They enable us to know where the stress falls in most cases (not only for reading but also for distinguishing forms);
- They help us group words together and divide a clause into different parts.
- Try to memorize the disjunctive cantillation marks on page 275.
- With these signs, you can divide a clause into a few word groups, as demonstrated on page 274.
- Knowing this trick will help you tremendously in reading and translation.