The rarer ornaments

Again I have separated the counts between approaching the cadence and returning to the tonic.

in approaching the cadence

• Zarqa occurs 1300 times as part of 621 distinct patterns.
• Tarsin (double geresh) occurs 1060 times as part of 365 patterns often with
• talsha which itself occurs 761 times in 396 patterns.
• shalshelet occurs 11 times in 8 patterns: 4 times in Torah, once in Ezra, once in Isaiah, once in Amos, and 4 times in the three books, twice in Psalms, twice in Proverbs.
• Pazer occurs 580 times in 306 patterns often with tarsin, talsha, and qarne.
• Qarne, the rising form of talsha, occurs 1268 times in 513 sequences.
• Segol 949 in 540.
• Illuy 116 in 31 only in the three books.
• Ole 356 in 66 only in the three books and never after the cadence.

in the return to the tonic

• Zarqa occurs 19 times as part of five distinct patterns.
• Tarsin (double geresh) occurs 582 times as part of 155 patterns
• often with talsha which itself occurs 357 times in 138 patterns.
• shalshelet occurs 35 times always by itself and only in the three books.
• Pazer occurs 187 times in 96 patterns often with tarsin, talsha, and qarne
• Qarne, the rising form of talsha, occurs 500 times in 183 sequences.
• Segol twice only, Exodus 20:5 and Deuteronomy 5:9. I used it also in my coding of Matthew - now at least I would know what pattern to put it in after the cadence.
• Illuy 33 in 4 patterns, only in the three books.

Considering these are occurring in over 23,000 verses, they are all rarely used.

Summary

Supra-linear accent	Before the cadence	After	Books
Zarqa	1300	19	24
Tarsin	1060	582	21
Talsha	761	357	21
Shalshelet	11	35	3
Pazer	580	187	24
Qarne	1268	500	21
Segol	949	2	21
Illuy	116	33	3
Ole	356	0	3
Merkha-Kefula	1	13	21

The Merkha-Kefula (doubled mercha) is not a known symbol for my program. I have in fact interpreted it as a mercha, f (a tevir, d would be more likely and would fit as well or better and be likely from a scribal point of view / ./ // the dot having been lengthened into a slash). It occurs below the text. Same shape as the Tarsin (gershaim) above the text. I have some limited information here. [The very-hard-to-read rules at the end of the appendix could all be tested against the data.]

Note the number of occurrences (except for shalshelet and m-k) is higher prior to the mid-verse cadence than after. The return to the tonic tends to be quicker than the approach to the cadence. As coming down a hill tends to be more speedily accomplished than going up.