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Chanting the words of the Torah!

How do you sing the notes of a trope's melody with the words of the Torah?

The answer depends on: 1. How many syllables are in the Hebrew word. 2. Where the accent is in the Hebrew word.

Take the English word **Batting**. It has two syllables: **__Bat-__ing.** The first syllable **bat** is said more loudly than the second syllable **ting. This is called the ACCENTED SYLLABLE.**

**Most Hebrew words have more than one syllable. ** **Most Hebrew words are accented on their last syllable. ** **Almost all other Hebrew words are accented in their next-to-last syllable. **

This means that **the same not is sung on both the** לְ  and the מִי  syllables. The melody of the trope is sung on the ACCENTED SYLLABLE נָהּ , which has the ETNACHTA.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Three Syllable Words Accented on Their Last Syllable __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Here is a 3 Syllable word with the last syllable as the ACCENTED SYLLABLE **

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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Words with MORE THAN 3 Syllables:

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The same rules works for words with more than 3 syllables. The note is repeated for all the syllables before the ACCENTED SYLLABLE. The rest of the trope’s melody is sung on the syllable with the trope.

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 Syllables:



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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1 Syllable: <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">With words with just one syllable you leave out the notes before the melody. The whole melody is sung on the one and only syllable that has the trope.

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Practice your new skills on the words below. These words will be on your quiz!

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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Words Accented on their Next-to-last Syllable

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">All the notes of the **trope’s melody are except the last note are sung on the accented syllable.** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The **last note of the trope’s melody is sung on the last syllable.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Example: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This word has two syllables with the accent on the first syllable. Since there are not syllables before the one with the Etnachta, we don’t sing any upbeat notes. All but the last note of the Etnachta melody is sung on the syllable **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'David','sans-serif'; font-size: 41.3333px;">לָיְ . The last note is sung on the <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'David','sans-serif'; font-size: 41.3333px;">לָה

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 * Example:**



The first note of the Etnachta is sung on the <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'David','sans-serif'; font-size: 37.3333px;">הַ all but the last note is sung on the <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'David','sans-serif'; font-size: 37.3333px;">מָּ

and the last note is sung on the
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'David','sans-serif'; font-size: 37.3333px;">יִם

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