[Mesorah] Uncertain list division

[dov bloom]

	There is a standard list division protocol. From reading RSM' s post one
probably comes away with the opposite impression.
 The standard is :
 List of 3- 2:1  (stronger mafsik after the second of the list of three)
 List of 4 - 2:2 (stronger mafsik after the second of a list of four )
 List of 5 - 3 (2:1) : 2
 Extrapolate further. ( 6 3:3) (7 4:3)

	 RSM is correct in broadly hinting that the actual trop of any list may
vary from the standard protocol and there are many factors that may affect
this.Closeness of usage in word pairs, or word triplets; occurances of vav
hahibur in lists; length of various members of the list etc.

	For an example of a Word pair which trumps the protocol -- see my as yet
blocked post on " gadol atzum varav " earlier in this thread, which in a
nutshell explains that atzum varav is a common pair appearing numerous
times in tanach so the pair  goes together. The result is "gadol (mafsik)
atzum varav" which is 1:2 and not the standard 2:1 which you would result
from the above protocol.

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