Two more tables? One for the prose books. This is a longer post and goes well
beyond the zarqa table concept. You might find these words a shrewd comment
and warning from wisdom on today's politics.
e: Nehemiah 12:3, B: Ezekiel 46:2, C: 1 Samuel 10:2, A: 2 Samuel 1:4 |
And one for the poetry books? The ornaments are fewer in the poetry. The musical lines are on average half the length of the lines in the prose books. There are some scattered parts that could be useful but I think the poetry requires an approach that teaches the accents under the text and a few of the ornaments will show up. So I chose Proverbs 8 as example.
And useful as the 'zarqa' tables are for learning the shapes of the accents
and the names, I want to leave the do-re-mi or la-la-la (a not very good
practice we used to do for learning our parts without the words when we were
beginners) approach behind. (Constructing these tables is a trial for my
eyesight and memory. I need to extend my program to do it -- big job.)
The repetition and variations on the move to the subdominant and
the return to the tonic are quite obvious. Also standing out in the
ornaments are the revia-mugrash and the ole-veyored, accent pairs used in the
three books only, where they occur or not. So here is the whole of the chapter
to ponder.
Note how short the lines are for the most part - see the syllable counts in
the center column.
Note verse 13, where the ole-veyored defines a pause on the second degree of
the scale, the supertonic.
Proverbs 8, the first use of the cadence on the supertonic. (corrected) |
Unfortunately, you can't see this structure clearly in the text without the
accents. A bi-colon, a verse with only one pause, looks the same in
translation whether the pause is on the atnah or on the supertonic. The above
verse has only the cadence on the supertonic - and a long second part, but it's
still a two-stich verse, aka bi-colon.
There are two tri-cola. Can you see them? They are clear in the text below and
the music. In the text below, cadences on the second and the fourth notes of
the scale are marked by a 'carriage return' (now that's an anachronistic
term!). The accents give us structure and the music can be partially seen even
in textual form with a little clue here and there. There is a possibility, and
I have marked it manually in the generated music, to count other accents as
having some pausal value and to therefore break up the longer lines. The pausal value of any accent, apart from the known cadences, ole-veyored, atnah, and silluq, is variable depending on what the text, its context, and the sense the music want to convey.
In the text, I also include a note (♪) so you can be warned when the first
syllable of a verse begins on a note other than the default e. This tells you
connections between the verses. Notice also the verses that have no internal
cadence. There is only one syllable count for the verse and no internal
line-feeds.
(I have set selected verses from this music. You can hear the video -
mechanical reproduction --
here. As far as I
know, there are no other arrangements or performances from Proverbs available
from the work of Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura.)
1 Does not wisdom call, and understanding give her voice? |
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א הלֽא־חכמ֥ה תקר֑א ו֝תבונ֗ה תת֥ן קולֽה |
6 7 |
a hloa-kcmh tqra utbunh titn qolh |
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2 At the head, from the high ground, by
a way, the house of pathways, she stands firm. |
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ב בראש־מרומ֥ים עלי־ד֑רך ב֖ית נתיב֣ות נצֽבה |
8 7 |
b braw-mromim yli-drç bit ntibot nixbh |
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3 From the hand at the gates, to the
edge of the town, at the entrance of the doors, she shouts. |
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ג ליד־שער֥ים לפי־ק֑רת מב֖וא פתח֣ים תרֽנה |
8 8 |
g lid-wyrim lpi-qrt mboa ptkim tronh |
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4 To each and every one of you I
call, and my voice is to the children of humanity. |
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ד אליכ֣ם איש֣ים אקר֑א ו֝קול֗י אל־בנ֥י אדֽם |
7 8 |
d alicm aiwim aqra vqoli al-bni adm |
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5 Let simpletons be made to understand
craftiness, and let dullards be made to understand heart. |
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ה הב֣ינו פתאי֣ם ערמ֑ה ו֝כסיל֗ים הב֥ינו לֽב |
8 7 |
h hbinu ptiim yormh ucsilim hbinu lb |
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6 ♪g Hear, because evidence I will
speak, and the opening of my lips, uprightness. |
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ו ש֭מעו כֽי־נגיד֣ים אדב֑ר ומפת֥ח ש֝פת֗י מישרֽים |
9 9 |
v wmyu ci-ngidim adbr umptk wptii miwrim |
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7 Because my palate meditates truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
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ז כֽי־א֭מת יהג֣ה חכ֑י ותועב֖ת שפת֣י רֽשע |
6 9 |
z ci-amt ihgh kici vtoybt wptii rwy |
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8 All the promises of my mouth are in
righteousness. There is no guile or deviousness in them. |
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ח בצ֥דק כל־אמרי־פ֑י א֥ין ב֝ה֗ם נפת֥ל ועקֽש |
7 8 |
k bxdq cl-amri-pi ain bhm nptl vyiqw |
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9 all of them straightforward,
understandable, and upright as a source of knowledge. |
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ט כל֣ם נ֭כחים למב֑ין וֽ֝ישר֗ים למ֣צאי דֽעת |
8 8 |
T culm ncokim lmbin viwrim lmoxai dyt |
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10 Receive my mentoring and not
silver, so knowledge over bullion, choose. |
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י קחֽו־מוסר֥י ואל־כ֑סף ו֝ד֗עת מחר֥וץ נבחֽר |
8 8 |
i qku-musri val-csf vdyt mkrux nbkr |
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11 Because good is wisdom over
rubies, and all delights are not to be considered equal in her. |
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יא כֽי־טוב֣ה ח֭כמה מפנינ֑ים וכל־ח֝פצ֗ים ל֣א יֽשוו־בֽה |
7 9 |
ia ci-Tobh kcmh mpninim vcl-kpxim la iwvu-bh |
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12 I, wisdom, I dwell with
craftiness, and I find out knowledge of schemes. |
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יב אֽני־ח֭כמה שכ֣נתי ערמ֑ה וד֖עת מזמ֣ות אמצֽא |
8 8 |
ib ani-kcmh wcnti yormh vdyt mzimot amxa |
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13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate
evil Pride, and pomp, and the way of evil and a changeable mouth I have hated. |
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יג יֽרא֣ת יהוה֮ שֽנ֫את ר֥ע ג֘א֤ה וגא֨ון וד֣רך ר֭ע ופ֨י תהפכ֬ות שנֽאתי |
7 17 |
ig irat ihvh wnaot ry gah vgaon vdrç ry upi thpucot wnati |
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14 Counsel is mine and enterprise. I am understanding. Valour is mine. |
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יד לֽי־ע֭צה ותושי֑ה אנ֥י ב֝ינ֗ה ל֣י גבורֽה |
6 8 |
id li-yxh vtuwiih ani binh li gburh |
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15 ♪g In me sovereigns reign, and rule-makers decree righteousness. |
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טו ב֭י מלכ֣ים ימל֑כו ו֝רוזנ֗ים יח֣קקו צֽדק |
7 8 |
Tv bi mlcim imlocu vroznim ikoqqu xdq |
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16 ♪g In me nobility influence, and princes, all you who judge righteousness. |
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טז ב֭י שר֣ים יש֑רו ו֝נדיב֗ים כל־ש֥פטי צֽדק |
6 8 |
Tz bi wrim iworu undibim cl-wopTi xdq |
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17 ♪g I myself love those who love
me, and those who seek me early will find me. |
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יז א֭ני אהב֣י אה֑ב ו֝משחר֗י ימצאֽנני |
7 8 |
iz ani aohbii ahb umwkrii imxaunni |
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18 Riches and glory are with me, durable value and righteousness. |
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יח עֽשר־וכב֥וד את֑י ה֥ון ע֝ת֗ק וצדקֽה |
7 6 |
ik yowr-vcbod aiti hon ytq uxdqh |
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19 ♪B My fruit is better than bullion
and than pure gold, and my income than choice silver. |
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יט ט֣וב פ֭ריי מחר֣וץ ומפ֑ז ו֝תבואת֗י מכ֥סף נבחֽר |
9 9 |
iT Tob prii mkrux umpz utbuati mcsf nbkr |
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20 I walk in a path of
righteousness, in the midst of pathways of judgment, |
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כ באֽרח־צדק֥ה אהל֑ך ב֝ת֗וך נתיב֥ות משפֽט |
9 7 |
c baork-xdqh ahlç btoç ntibot mwpT |
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21 to make those loving me inherit what
is, so I fill their treasuries. |
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כא להנח֖יל אהב֥י י֑ש ואצר֖תיה֣ם אמלֽא פ |
7 9 |
ca lhnkil aohbii iw vaoxrotihm amla p |
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22 Yahweh bought me, the beginning of
his way, preceding his work from then. |
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כב יֽהו֗ה ק֭נני ראש֣ית דרכ֑ו ק֖דם מפעל֣יו מאֽז |
9 7 |
cb ihvh qnni rawit drco qdm mpyliv maz |
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23 ♪g From everlasting I have offered libation from the beginning, out of the precedents of earth. | |||
כג מ֭עולם נס֥כתי מר֗אש מקדמי־אֽרץ | 12 |
cg myolm niscti mraw mqdmi-arx | |
24 When there were no abysses, I was
birthed, when there were no springs, heavy with water. |
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כד באין־תהמ֥ות חול֑לתי בא֥ין מ֝עינ֗ות נכבדי־מֽים |
8 9 |
cd bain-thomot kollti bain myiinot ncbdi-mim |
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25 From ere hills were ringed, before the presence of hillocks, I was birthed. |
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כה בט֣רם הר֣ים הטב֑עו לפנ֖י גבע֣ות חולֽלתי |
8 8 |
ch bTrm hrim huTbyu lpni gbyot kollti |
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26 While he had not made earth or
outsides, or the preeminent fauna of the world. |
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כו עד־ל֣א ע֭שה א֣רץ וחוצ֑ות ו֝ר֗אש עפר֥ות תבֽל |
9 6 |
cv yd-la ywh arx vkuxot vraw yprot tbl |
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27 In the establishing of the heavens,
there am I, when he engraved the ambit on the face of the abyss. |
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כז בהכינ֣ו ש֭מים ש֣ם א֑ני בח֥וקו ח֝֗וג על־פנ֥י תהֽום |
9 9 |
cz bhcino wmiim wm ani bkuqo kug yl-pni thom |
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28 When he assured the skies from
above, in the strength of the springs of the abyss. |
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כח באמצ֣ו שחק֣ים ממ֑על ב֝עז֗וז עינ֥ות תהֽום |
9 7 |
ck bamxo wkqim mmyl byzoz yinot thom |
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29 In his defining to the sea his
decree, and the waters not to bypass his mandate, when he engraved the foundations of earth, |
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כט בש֘ומ֤ו לי֨ם חק֗ו ו֭מים ל֣א יֽעברו־פ֑יו ב֝חוק֗ו מ֣וסדי אֽרץ |
14 7 |
cT bwumo lim kuqo umim la iybru-piv
bkuqo mosdi arx |
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30 And I was next to him as
confidante, and I was reveling day by day, gamboling in his presence all the time, |
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ל וֽאהי֥ה אצל֗ו א֫מ֥ון וֽאהי֣ה ש֭עשעים י֤ום י֑ום משח֖קת לפנ֣יו בכל־עֽת |
7 9 10 |
l vahih axlo amon vahih wywuyim iom iom mwkqt lpniv bcl-yt |
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31 ♪g gamboling in the world of his
earth, reveling with the children of humanity. |
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לא מ֭שחקת בתב֣ל ארצ֑ו ו֝שעשע֗י את־בנ֥י אדֽם פ |
9 11 |
la mwkqt btbl arxo vwywuyii at-bni adm p |
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32 So now, children, hear of what is
mine. Happy are those keeping my ways. |
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לב ועת֣ה ב֭נים שמעו־ל֑י ו֝אשר֗י דרכ֥י ישמֽרו |
8 9 |
lb vyth bnim wmyu-li vawri drcii iwmoru |
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33 Hear chastening and be wise, and do not be negligent. | |||
לג שמע֖ו מוס֥ר וחכ֗מו ואל־תפרֽעו | 13 |
lg wmyu musr vkcmu val-tpryu | |
34 ♪f Happy a human that has heard of
what is mine, to be alert at my gateways day by day, to watch from the posts of my doors. |
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לד א֥שֽרי אדם֮ שמ֪עֽ֫ ל֥י לשק֣ד על־ד֭לתתי י֤ום י֑ום ל֝שמ֗ר מזוז֥ת פתחֽי |
8 8 8 |
ld awri adm womy li lwqod yl-dltotii iom iom lwmor mzuzot ptkii |
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35 ♪B For who finds me finds life, and will draw forth acceptance from Yahweh. |
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לה כ֣י מ֭צאי מצ֣א חי֑ים וי֥פק ר֝צ֗ון מיהוֽה |
7 8 |
lh ci moxai mxa kiim vipq rxon mihvh |
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36 ♪g But who sins against me does
itself violence. All who hate me love death. |
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לו וֽ֭חטאי חמ֣ס נפש֑ו כל־מ֝שנא֗י א֣הבו מֽות פ |
7 10 |
lv vkoTai koms npwo cl-mwnaii ahbu mvvt p |
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