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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

- Cantillation is the ritual chanting of prayers and responses. It often specifically refers to Jewish Hebrew cantillation. Cantillation sometimes refers...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Shabbat, as well as on Jewish festivals and fast days. There is a special cantillation melody for the haftarah, distinct from that of the Torah portion. In...
- 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...
- which normally takes only one cantillation mark on the final word in the unit. Babylonian vocalization Hebrew cantillation Cardinal vowels Niqqud Palestinian...
- Cantillation is an Australian vocal ensemble founded in 2001 by Antony Walker and Alison Johnston. They were founded alongside orchestras Sinfonia Australis...
- 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....
- morning. When read in the synagogue, these five books are sung with cantillation (see below). In most communities, Esther is the only book accompanied...