Genesis 3 - the exercise

Given some suggestions as to how to categorize accents for pausal value in comments on the previous post, I thought that analyzing Genesis 3 (you need this link to hear or read what's going on the in the music) completely might yield some additional questions and observations. So I first reduced the text to its minimal stich size. And identified each accent that invites a pause or cadence.

It's a long process. I admit to starting with two biases - one is the confusion I felt when I began to read about these accents without the music, and the other is a tendency to sing longer phrases rather than chopping up the text at every accent. Of course that's the problem: what accents demand a pause and which only invite or rather have no pause value. It seems to me that this requires both literary and musical judgment.

Yet the whole remains complex and potentially more multifaceted than I have imagined. The complexity is immediately evident when you begin to do by hand the exercise I suggested a few days ago.

So here is the English with the Hebrew letter following that causes or suggests a line feed. These accents abbreviated in the right column would be the traditionally named disjunctives. Anything else is in a conjunctive roll. In the prose, two of those disjunctives are cadences, A (atnah) on the subdominant, and e (silluq) at the end of each verse on the tonic. Some of the lesser disjunctives lead to commas in the text, and one, the zaqef-qaton, leads, almost all the time, to a breath in the vocal line.

Parentheses note ornaments that are conjunctive in my reading. I have not included the remaining accents below the text. These remaining, excepting atnah (A) and silluq (e), are conjunctive 99% of the time. They define the shape of the sequence of recitation pitches. I confirmed or corrected the syllable counts by counting the beats in the score over the multiple measures themselves defined by the recitation pitches. This is tiring, but it will provide me a checkpoint to correct a module that is failing occasionally.

The Jerusalem Bible (1962) formats verses 14 to 19 excluding 17a as if it were poetry. It's too crafty for me to say if this is legitimate. I have my inarticulate doubts. I am barely at the beginning of this journey after 15 years or more. But look at this archetypical story beginning the explanation of the enmity we have for each other even within the family. This wedge is destroying us.

1 But the snake was crafty ר֔ among all the living of the field ד֔ that Yahweh God constructed, ה֑ and it said to the woman, ש֔ Indeed that God said, ה֔ You will not eat ל֔ from every tree of the garden. גֽ			z-q z-q A z-q z-q e
א והנחש֙ הי֣ה ער֔ום מכל֙ חי֣ת השד֔ה אש֥ר עש֖ה יהו֣ה אלה֑ים וי֙אמר֙ אל־ה֣אש֔ה א֚ף כֽי־אמ֣ר אלה֔ים ל֣א תֽאכל֔ו מכ֖ל ע֥ץ הגֽן	8 7 9 =24 7 7 4 5 =23		a vhnkw hih yrum mcol kit hwdh awr ywh ihvh alohim viamr al-haiwh af ci-amr alohim la taclu mcol yx hgn
2 And the woman said to the snake, From the fruit of the tree of the garden, we eat.			A e
ב ות֥אמר הֽאש֖ה אל־הנח֑ש מפר֥י עֽץ־הג֖ן נאכֽל	10 7		b vtamr haiwh al-hnkw mpri yx-hgn nacl
3 But from the fruit of the tree ץ֮  that is in the midst of the garden, ן֒ God said, ה֗ You will not eat from it מ֔ and you will not touch it, ב֑ lest you die. תֽ			tsi seg rev z-q A e
ג ומפר֣י העץ֮ אש֣ר בתוך־הגן֒ אמ֣ר אלה֗ים ל֤א תֽאכלו֙ ממ֔נו ול֥א תגע֖ו ב֑ו פן־תמתֽון	5 6 5 7 5 =27 4		g umpri hyx awr btoç-hgn amr alohim la taclu mmnu vla tigyu bo pn-tmutun
4 And the snake said to the woman, Not death you will die.			A e
ד וי֥אמר הנח֖ש אל־הֽאש֑ה לֽא־מ֖ות תמתֽון	10 5		d viamr hnkw al-haiwh la-mot tmutun
5 ♪C Because God knows ה֔ that in the day you eat from it, מ֔ your eyes will be given sight, כ֑ and you will become as God ה֔ knowing good and evil. רֽ			z-q z-q A z-q e
ה כ֚י יד֣ע אלה֔ים כ֗י ביום֙ אכלכ֣ם ממ֔נו ונפקח֖ו עֽיניכ֑ם והייתם֙ כֽאלה֔ים ידע֖י ט֥וב ורֽע	7 9 7 =23 6 5 =11		h ci iody alohim ci biom acolcm mmnu  vnpqku yinicm vhiitm calohim iodyi Tob vry
6 And the woman saw that good was the tree to eat כ֜ and that desirable it was to the eyes נ֗ and attractive was the tree to have insight כ֔ and she took from its fruit and she ate, כ֑ and she gave even to her man with her and they ate. כֽ			paz (t-q,qad,) azl  rev z-q A e
ו ות֣רא הֽאש֡ה כ֣י טוב֩ הע֨ץ למאכ֜ל וכ֧י תֽאוה־ה֣וא לעינ֗ים ונחמ֤ד העץ֙ להשכ֔יל ותק֥ח מפרי֖ו ותאכ֑ל ותת֧ן גם־לאיש֛ה עמ֖ה ויאכֽל	6 8 10 8 9 =41 12		v vtra haiwh ci Tob hyx lmacl vci tavvh-hua lyiniim vnkmd hyx lhwcil vtiqk mpriio vtacl vtitn gm-laiwh yimh viacl
7 And the eyes of the two of them were given sight, ה֔ and they knew ע֔ that they were naked, ה֑ so they sewed fig leaves together נ֔ and they made for themselves attire. רֽ			z-q z-q A z-q e
ז ותפק֙חנה֙ עינ֣י שניה֔ם וי֣דע֔ו כ֥י עֽירמ֖ם ה֑ם וֽיתפרו֙ על֣ה תאנ֔ה ויעש֥ו לה֖ם חגרֽת	10 3 5 =18 9 9 =18		z vtipqknh yini wnihm viidyu ci yirumim hm vitpru yli tanh viywu lhm kgorot
8 And they heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the wind of the day, י֑ and they camouflaged themselves, ב֨ the Adam and his woman, ת֗ from the face of Yahweh God ה֔ in the midst of the tree of the garden. גֽ			(tar, qad) A (qad) azl rev  z-q e
ח וֽישמע֞ו את־ק֨ול יהו֧ה אלה֛ים מתהל֥ך בג֖ן לר֣וח הי֑ום ויתחב֨א הֽאד֜ם ואשת֗ו מפני֙ יהו֣ה אלה֔ים בת֖וך ע֥ץ הגֽן	21 4 6 7 5 =22		k viwmyu at-qol ihvh alohim mthlç bgn lruk hiom vitkba hadm vawto mpni ihvh alohim btoç yx hgn
9 And Yahweh God called to the Adam, saying to him, Where are you?			A e
ט ויקר֛א יהו֥ה אלה֖ים אל־הֽאד֑ם וי֥אמר ל֖ו איֽכה	12 7		T viqra ihvh alohim al-hadm viamr lo aiiç
10 And it said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I feared because I am naked so I camouflaged myself.			(z-g) A e
י וי֕אמר את־קלך֥ שמ֖עתי בג֑ן ואיר֛א כֽי־עיר֥ם אנ֖כי ואחבֽא	11 12		i viamr at-qolç wmyti bgn vaira ci-yirom anoci vaikba
11 And he said, Who made it clear to you ך֔ that you are naked? א֑ From the tree that I commanded you not to eat, did you eat? כֽ			(z-g) z-q A (rev) e
יא וי֕אמר מ֚י הג֣יד לך֔ כ֥י עיר֖ם א֑תה המן־הע֗ץ אש֧ר צוית֛יך לבלת֥י אכל־ממ֖נו אכֽלת	8 5 =13 21		ia viamr mi hgid lç ci yirom ath hmn-hyx awr xivvitiç lblti acol-mmnu aclt
12 And the Adam said, ד֑ The woman that you have given to stand with me, ד֔ she gave to me from the tree and I ate. כֽ			A z-q e
יב וי֖אמר הֽאד֑ם הֽאשה֙ אש֣ר נת֣תה עמד֔י ה֛וא נֽתנה־ל֥י מן־הע֖ץ ואכֽל	6 11 10 =21		ib viamr hadm haiwh awr ntt yimdi hia ntnh-li mn-hyx vaocl
13 And Yahweh God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? ש֑ and the woman said, ש֔ The snake lured me and I ate. כֽ			g# (rare use of tifha as pause) (qad) A (qad, qad) z-q e
יג וי֨אמר יהו֧ה אלה֛ים לאש֖ה מה־ז֣את עש֑ית ות֙אמר֙ הֽאש֔ה הנח֥ש השיא֖ני ואכֽל	11 4 =15 6 10 =16		ig viamr ihvh alohim laiwh mh-zat ywit vtamr haiwh hnkw hwiani vaocl
14 And Yahweh God said to the snake, ש֮  Because you have done this, ת֒ cursed you will be above all cattle מ֔ and above all the living of the field. ד֑ On your stomach you will walk ל֔ and dust you will eat all the days of your life. יֽ			(t-q, qad) tsi seg z-q A z-q e
יד ויאמר֩ יהו֨ה אלה֥ים אֽל־הנחש֮ כ֣י עש֣ית זאת֒ אר֤ור אתה֙ מכל־הבהמ֔ה ומכ֖ל חי֣ת השד֑ה על־גחנך֣ תל֔ך ועפ֥ר תאכ֖ל כל־ימ֥י חיֽיך	12 5 9 8 =34 6 11 =17		id viamr ihvh alohim al-hnkw ci ywit zat arur ath mcl-hbhmh umcol kit hwdh yl-gkonç tlç vypr tacl cl-imi kiiç
15 And I will impose enmity ש֗ between you and between the woman ש֔ and between your seed and between her seed. ע֑ It itself will bruise you in the head. ר֔ But you, yourself will bruise it in the heel. קֽ			rev (qad) z-q A z-q e
טו ואיב֣ה אש֗ית בֽינך֙ וב֣ין הֽאש֔ה וב֥ין זרעך֖ וב֣ין זרע֑ה ה֚וא ישופך֣ ר֔אש ואת֖ה תשופ֥נו עקֽב ס	5 7 9 =21 5 9 =14		Tv vaibh awit binç ubin haiwh ubin zryç ubin zryh hua iwupç raw vath twupnu yqb s
16 To the woman he said, מ֗ Thoroughly I will increase your hardship and your pregnancy. נ֔ In hardship you will give birth to children, נ֑ and to your man you will have aspiration, ת֔ but he himself will govern in you. בֽ			rev z-q A z-q e
טז אֽל־האש֣ה אמ֗ר הרב֤ה ארבה֙ עצבונ֣ך והֽרנ֔ך בע֖צב תֽלד֣י בנ֑ים ואל־אישך֙ תש֣וקת֔ך וה֖וא ימשל־בֽך ס	6 11 7 =24 8 5 =13		Tz al-haiwh amr hrbh arbh yixbonç vhronç byxb tldi bnim val-aiwç twuqtç vhua imwol-bç s
17 But to the Adam he said, מ֗ Because you heard the voice of your wife, ך֒ and ate from the tree that I commanded you, saying, ע֔ You will not eat from it, מ֑ cursed is the ground on your behalf. ר֔ In hardship you will eat from it ל֔ all the days of your life. יֽ			rev (tsi) seg (qad, qad) z-q A (qad) z-q z-q e
יז ולאד֣ם אמ֗ר כֽי־שמעת֮‬ לק֣ול אשתך֒ ות֙אכל֙ מן־הע֔ץ אש֤ר צוית֙יך֙ לאמ֔ר ל֥א תאכ֖ל ממ֑נו ארור֤ה הֽאדמה֙ בֽעבור֔ך בעצבון֙ תֽאכל֔נה כ֖ל ימ֥י חיֽיך	5 9 6 8 6 =34 12 14 =26		iz uladm amr ci-wmyt lqol awtç vtacl mn-hyx awr xivvitiç lamor la tacl mmnu arurh hadmh byburç  byixbon taclnh col imi kiiç
18 So brambles and thistles she will grow for you, ל֑ and you will eat the herb of the field. דֽ			A e
יח וק֥וץ ודרד֖ר תצמ֣יחֽ ל֑ך ואכלת֖ את־ע֥שב השדֽה	9 10		ik vqox vdrdr txmik lç vaclt at-ywb hwdh
19 In the sweat of your anger you will eat bread ל֔ till you return to the ground מ֔ for from it you were taken, ק֑ for dust you are א֔ and to dust you will return. שֽ			z-q z-q A z-q e
יט בזע֤ת אפ֙יך֙ ת֣אכל ל֔חם ע֤ד שֽובך֙ אל־ה֣אדמ֔ה כ֥י ממ֖נה לק֑חת כֽי־עפ֣ר א֔תה ואל־עפ֖ר תשֽוב	10 8 7 =25 5 6 =11		iT bziyt apiç tacl lkm yd wubç al-hadmh ci mmnh luqkt ci-ypr ath val-ypr twub
20 And the Adam called the name of his wife, Eve, ו֑ for she became the mother of all living. חֽ			A e
כ ויקר֧א הֽאד֛ם ש֥ם אשת֖ו חו֑ה כ֛י ה֥וא הֽית֖ה א֥ם כל־חֽי	11 7		c viqra hadm wm awto kvvh ci hia hiith am cl-ki
21 And Yahweh God made for Adam and his wife coats of skin, and he clothed them.			e - no pauses except the final cadence
כא ויעש֩ יהו֨ה אלה֜ים לאד֧ם ולאשת֛ו כתנ֥ות ע֖ור וילבשֽם פ	22		ca viyw ihvh alohim ladm ulawto cotnot yor vilbiwm p
22 And Yahweh God said, ה֗ Lo, the human has become as one among us מ֔ knowing good and evil, ר֑ so now lest he reach out his hand ד֗ and take likewise from the tree of the living י֔ and eat and live forever, ... לֽ			rev z-q A rev z-q e
כב וי֣אמר יהו֣ה אלה֗ים ה֤ן הֽאדם֙ היה֙ כאח֣ד ממ֔נו לד֖עת ט֣וב ור֑ע ועת֣ה פן־ישל֣ח יד֗ו ולקח֙ ג֚ם מע֣ץ הֽחי֔ים ואכ֖ל וח֥י לעלֽם	8 12 6 =26 8 10 6 =24		cb viamr ihvh alohim hn hadm hih cakd mmnu ldyt Tob vry vyth pn-iwlk ido vlqk gm myx hkiim vacl vki lyolm
23 so Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, ע֑ to serve the ground which he was taken from. שֽ			A e
כג וֽישלח֛הו יהו֥ה אלה֖ים מגן־ע֑דן לֽעבד֙ את־ה֣אדמ֔ה אש֥ר לק֖ח משֽם	13 14		cg viwlkhu ihvh alohim mgn-ydn lybod at-hadmh awr luqk mwm
24 And he expelled the human, ד֑ and roosting at the east of the garden of Eden, the cherubim, ב֗ and the blazing sword always changing, פ֔ to guard the way to the tree of the living. יֽ			A (t-q, qad, azl) rev (qad, qad) z-q (z-g) e
כד ויג֖רש את־הֽאד֑ם וישכן֩ מק֨דם לגן־ע֜דן את־הכרב֗ים וא֨ת ל֤הט הח֙רב֙ המתהפ֔כת לשמ֕ר את־ד֖רך ע֥ץ הֽחיֽים ס	7 14 12 10 =36		cd vigrw at-hadm viwcn mqdm lgn-ydn at-hcrubim vat lhT hkrb hmthpct lwmor at-drç yx hkiim s