PLEASE HELP: Is there a Hebrew Bible in Hebrew which identifies the rythmic pause into stanzas?

Mikhail M. Kulakov
Mikhail M. Kulakov Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum



Dear Friends,

May I kindly enquire if there is a special edition of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew (printed or online) in which the layout of the text of the Poetic Books identifies the rhythmic pause into stanzas (or in other words breaks the Hebrew sentence into individual lines/stanzas) for study and analysis, similar to what the publishers of the NRSV version of the Bible have done in English. 

I realize that for native Hebrew readers that would not be necessary, yet I am very anxious to find out if such Hebrew edition exists. If it does I would like to buy it and I would be very grateful for your advice.

Respectfully,

Mikhail Kulakov

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  • George Somsel
    George Somsel Member Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭

    Mikhail M. Kulakov said:



    Dear Friends, May I kindly enquire if there is a special edition of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew (printed or online) in which the layout of the text of the Poetic Books identifies the rhythmic pause into stanzas (or in other words breaks the Hebrew sentence into individual lines/stanzas) for study and analysis, similar to what the publishers of the NRSV version of the Bible have done in English.  I realize that for native Hebrew readers that would not be necessary, yet I am very anxious to find out if such Hebrew edition exists. If it does I would like to buy it and I would be very grateful for your advice. Respectfully, Mikhail Kulakov


    You are apparently referring to the cantillation.  Yes, there is such an edition of the Hebrew bible in Swahili ([;)] joke) which does this.  It is Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensis with Westminster morphlogy 4.2.

    george
    gfsomsel

    יְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן

  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) MVP Posts: 23,153

    Mikhail M. Kulakov said:



    Dear Friends,
    May I kindly enquire if there is a special edition of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew (printed or online) in which the layout of the text of the Poetic Books identifies the rhythmic pause into stanzas (or in other words breaks the Hebrew sentence into individual lines/stanzas) for study and analysis, similar to what the publishers of the NRSV version of the Bible have done in English. 
    I realize that for native Hebrew readers that would not be necessary, yet I am very anxious to find out if such Hebrew edition exists. If it does I would like to buy it and I would be very grateful for your advice.
    Respectfully,
    Mikhail Kulakov

    Welcome [:D]

    Looking at Logos base package comparison => http://www.logos.com/comparison noticed Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is included in Original Languages and higher.  Noticed all BHS versions in my Logos library have cantillation marks (including older 4.0 and 3.5 morphologies that are not shown).  After screen capture, highlighted cantillation marks in BHS/WIVU before posting:

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    Searching Logos for cantillation finds 3 results:

    http://www.logos.com/products/search?q=cantillation

    including pre-publication => Biblical Languages: Reference Grammars and Introductions (19 vols.) that includes Two Treatises on the Accentuation of the Old Testament

    Also posted => Suggestions: "Chanting the Hebrew Bible" plus Chanted Audio Old Testament

    Keep Smiling [:)]

  • BKMitchell
    BKMitchell Member Posts: 659 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350728#Comment_350728

    Keep Smiling's suggestions are great and in addition to those you can get the following for logos now:

    http://www.logos.com/product/9996/sermons-in-accents-or-studies-in-the-hebrew-text

    Keep Smiling mentioned "Chanting the Hebrew Bible", this is a great book but beware there are two editions of it out there. Anyway, for a long time (at least in the states) Binder's Biblical Chant was the standard textbook, but it has been surpassed by "Chanting the Hebrew Bible". It will help you not only chant the Torah, but be able to diagram it according to the טראָפ  or the טעמי המקרא. It also has a bit of history, too.  You can read a nice article about the book here:   http://forward.com/articles/8647/the-science-of-torah-chanting/

    In addition to that you may be interested in:

    (1)You can hear the Torah chanted here: http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp

    (2) Complete Torah Reading Handbook w/CD Author: Dr. Ely Simon
    Softcover | 5.5" x 8.5" | 96 pages | 1-880582-12-0

    (3) Leining Master Mp3 CD by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

    (4) http://www.tiferethisrael.org/Resources/TorahTropes/TorahTropes.htm

     

    I wish Logos4 could search on the accents and there patterns(or combinations) like both BibleWorks and Accourdance can. Let's keep asking Logos and maybe they will do something about this.

     

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