[Mesorah] nasog achor

[Michael Hamm]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Noah Witty wrote, in part:
> I stated that some words that should be mi-le-ra move back to being 
> me-le-ayl because the *next* word is me-le-ayl and you can't have two 
> consecutive stresses, I saw that in Parshas Ha-azinu, v.3, we have 
> "ha-VU GO-del," which clearly opposes my suggestion.  The trop connects 
> the two words so there is no "natural" division of the phrase.

As someone else has responded, there are many exceptions to the nasog 
achor rule.  I asked a short while ago about the supposed exception of the 
first word being hyphenated with a meseg; this was refuted by others on 
the list with examples.  This supposed exception had been found (by me) in 
a common tikun kor'im (the one with 14 calendars in the back and grammar 
rules in the front).  So much for it.

Another exception -- and I'm merely pointing this out, not claiming I know 
why it's an exception -- is "mikrae kodesh", which appears three times in 
Shor O Chesev, each time with stress on the tzere.

A gutn kvitl,

Michael Hamm
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