<html><body><p dir="ltr">There <u>is</u> a standard list division protocol. From reading RSM' s post one probably comes away with the opposite impression.</p><p dir="ltr"><br> The standard is :<br> List of 3- 2:1 (stronger mafsik after the second of the list of three)<br> List of 4 - 2:2 (stronger mafsik after the second of a list of four )<br> List of 5 - 3 (2:1) : 2<br> Extrapolate further. ( 6 3:3) (7 4:3)</p><p dir="ltr"> 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. </p><p dir="ltr">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. <br></p></body></html>