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Jack Greenberg's Torah Cantillation Class Examples

1. silluk .

בראשית א׳:ג׳

(ג) וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃

Genesis 1:3

(3) God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

בראשית מ״א:כ״א

(כא) וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֗נָה וְלֹ֤א נוֹדַע֙ כִּי־בָ֣אוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֔נָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֣ן רַ֔ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּתְּחִלָּ֑ה וָאִיקָֽץ׃

Genesis 41:21

(21) but when they had consumed them, one could not tell that they had consumed them, for they looked just as bad as before. And I awoke.

במדבר י׳:כ״ח

(כח) אֵ֛לֶּה מַסְעֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וַיִּסָּֽעוּ׃ (ס)

Numbers 10:28

(28) Such was the order of march of the Israelites, as they marched troop by troop.

2. mercha silluk .

שמות מ׳:ט״ז

(טז) וַיַּ֖עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֑ה כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֹת֖וֹ כֵּ֥ן עָשָֽׂה׃ (ס)

Exodus 40:16

(16) This Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did.

3. tipcha ; silluk .

ויקרא י״ט:כ״א

(כא) וְהֵבִ֤יא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד אֵ֖יל אָשָֽׁם׃

Leviticus 19:21

(21) But he must bring to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, as his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram of guilt offering.

4. tipcha ; mercha silluk .

ויקרא כ׳:י״ח

(יח) וְ֠אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה דָּוָ֗ה וְגִלָּ֤ה אֶת־עֶרְוָתָהּ֙ אֶת־מְקֹרָ֣הּ הֶֽעֱרָ֔ה וְהִ֕יא גִּלְּתָ֖ה אֶת־מְק֣וֹר דָּמֶ֑יהָ וְנִכְרְת֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּֽם׃

Leviticus 20:18

(18) If a man lies with a woman in her infirmity and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow and she has exposed her blood flow; both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

5. mercha tipcha ; silluk .

דברים כ״ב:א׳

(א) לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה֩ אֶת־שׁ֨וֹר אָחִ֜יךָ א֤וֹ אֶת־שֵׂיוֹ֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ מֵהֶ֑ם הָשֵׁ֥ב תְּשִׁיבֵ֖ם לְאָחִֽיךָ׃

Deuteronomy 22:1

(1) If you see your fellow’s ox or sheep gone astray, do not ignore it; you must take it back to your fellow.

6. mercha tipcha ; mercha silluk .

דברים ו׳:כ״ה

(כה) וּצְדָקָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑נוּ כִּֽי־נִשְׁמֹ֨ר לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַזֹּ֗את לִפְנֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּֽנוּ׃ (ס)

Deuteronomy 6:25

(25) It will be therefore to our merit before the LORD our God to observe faithfully this whole Instruction, as He has commanded us.”