[Mesorah] am vs. am

[Sholom Simon]

Thanks for the references.

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, and/or if these are
useful, and/or if everyone already knows this -- but I would find them
interesting nonetheless:

1.  shalsheles is a substitute for a segalta (and so I would group it
together) that only appears if a segalta is needed on the first word of a
pasuk.

2.  zarka can only serve a segol; pashta can only serve a zakef; t'vir can
only serva a tipcha; a revia can serve all of the m'lachim

3.  the last melech before a siluk or esnachta must be a tipcha

4.  a segalta can only appear as the first melech in a pasuk (and before
the esnachta), and can only appear if there are more than one m'lachim
(lest it violate #3).  Almost always it usually appears if there are three
or more m'lachim, and if the phrases are long.

On Tue, May 17, 2011 12:56 pm, Poppers, Michael wrote:
> RSS, you basically have the hierarchy right.  I posted that hierarchy to
> the WWW some years ago; the current URL is
> http://sites.google.com/site/torahreading/mafsiqim , and comments are
> welcome.  Thanks.
>
> P.S. The URL for the Google Leining group is
> http://groups.google.com/group/leining , and new members are welcome.
>
> All the best from
> Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org
> [mailto:mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org] On Behalf Of Sholom Simon
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 12:42 PM
> To: Michael Hamm
> Cc: mesorah at lists.aishdas.org
> Subject: Re: [Mesorah] am vs. am
>
>> I don't know
>> the relative strengths of mafsikim (except asa"f), so can't test that
>> hypothesis.
>
> From what I understand from R Seth, the relative strengths of the mafsikim
> are as follows:
>
> 1. K'sarim: siluk, esnachta
> 2. Melachim: segalta, zakef, tipcha
> 3. Mishnim: yetiv/pashta, revia, tevir, zarka
> 4. Shlishim: gerush/garshim, pazer, lgarmid, telisha g'dola
>
> (all the mistakes are mine, I'm sure!)
>
> Kol tuv,
>
> -- Sholom
>
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-- Sholom