[Avodah] Fascinating Remez in the Torah

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:36:26PM -0400, cantorwolberg at cox.net wrote:
: They made their lives so bitter that they were able to leave early. The
: trope on the words "Vay'mor'ru es chayei-hem" is kadma v'azlah. The GRA
: points out the meaning of the trope: kadma means before (or early) and
: azla is Aramaic for "go." So the trope gives the remez "to go early." Now
: It gets even more exciting. The exact gematria of kadma v'azla is 190
: which is exactly how early they left because the Egyptians made their
: lives so bitter.

My problem is: how much significance do I give the Ashkenazi names
for Tiberian trop notation.

In Sepharadi, it's azla gerish and in Teimani, qadma vetaras.
And the notation we use (like the vowel system) is only one of three.
None of this would work in Babylonian or Palesinian trop, only Tiberian.

OTOH, the name "qadma ve'azla -- progress and go away" is intended to
reflect its gramatical role (and thus of the tune used). So perhaps
the first part -- that "vayemoreru es chayeihem" is chanted in a
progress-and-leave trop is not specific to Ashk, but shares common cause.
We use a tune indicating the resulting hastening (and Ashkenazim chose
a name that matches the tune).

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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