This thesis discusses different strategies for interpreting the placement of the ṭəʿ in
Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. After introducing the signs and their distribution in the
text, the thesis looks at different levels of linguistic analysis where the ṭəʿ provide
interesting information. At the word level, word stress and vowel length are discussed. At the
phrase level, the different types of phrases are analyzed in light of a closest constituent
analysis. At the verse level, the distribution of the ṭəʿ is shown to depend on simple rules …

This thesis discusses different strategies for interpreting the placement of the ṭəʿåmim in
Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. After introducing the signs and their distribution in the
text, the thesis looks at different levels of linguistic analysis where the ṭəʿåmim provide
interesting information. At the word level, word stress and vowel length are discussed. At the
phrase level, the different types of phrases are analyzed in light of a closest constituent
analysis. At the verse level, the distribution of the ṭəʿåmim is shown to depend on simple …