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PAZER, ZAKEF GADOL, and TELISHA GEDOLA Phrases


There are three Tropes that are not very common but they are common enough to be found in nearly every reading in the Tanach:

TELISHA GEDOLA: ְ֠לִישָא-גְדלָ֠ה

ZAKEF GADOL: זָקֵף-ָד֕ל

PAZER: ָזֵ֡ר

TELISHA GEDOLA always appears by itself as a pause within one of the main phrases. It always appears at the beginning of a word. When a different syllable is accented, the TELISHA GEDOLA is repeated to indicate the accented syllable: הָ֠עֶ֠בֶר

The symbol for TELISHA GEDOLA (ְ֠לִישָא-גְדלָ֠ה) is similar to the symbol for TELISHA KETANA (ְלִישָא-קְטַנָה֩).

The tail of the TELISHA GEDOLA Trope symbol points to the left while the tail for the TELISHA KETANA points to the right.

Note also that TELISHA GEDOLA is a separators Trope requiring the reader to pause, while TELISHA KETANA is a servant or joiners Trope requiring the reader to chant the word with no pause before the next word.

ZAKEF GADOL always appears by itself with no helper/joiner Trope before it

PAZER is supported by one, two, or sometimes three MUNACHs in a row.