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Webster 1913 Edition
Cantillation
Canˊtil-la′tion
,Noun.
A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cantillation
CANTILLATION
,Noun.
Definition 2025
cantillation
cantillation
English
Genesis 1:9: God said, "Let the waters be collected."
Letters in black, vowel points and d'geshim (gemination marks) in red, cantillation in blue.
Letters in black, vowel points and d'geshim (gemination marks) in red, cantillation in blue.
Noun
cantillation (plural cantillations)
- The intonation of a sentence, esp. Jewish script, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.
- chanting
Synonyms
Translations
the intonation of a sentence
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