Mercha

Mercha ( , also called מַאֲרִיךְ Maarich or מַאַרְכָא Maarcha) is a cantillation mark commonly found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books that are chanted. Mercha is a conjunctive (mesharet) which precedes the following disjunctives (mafsikim): *Tifcha *Sof passuk *Munach Legarmeh *Pashta: Only when the mercha and the pashta are followed, without any syllable between them, as in *Zarka: Same rule as the Pashta *Tevir: Only if there is one syllable or less between the mercha and the tevir, as in . In some codex, when the tevir is not preceded by a darga or a mercha, and has a meteg because of a hateph-vowel, the meteg is then replaced by a mercha, as in Mercha appears in the Torah 9117 times—the second most of any trope sounds. Only Tipcha occurs more often. The Aramaic word translates into English as elongation.

Mercha ( , also called מַאֲרִיךְ Maarich or מַאַרְכָא Maarcha) is a cantillation mark commonly found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books that are chanted. Mercha is a conjunctive (mesharet) which precedes the following disjunctives (mafsikim): Tifcha Sof passuk Munach Legarmeh Pashta: Only when the mercha and the pashta are followed, without any syllable between them, as in Zarka: Same rule as the Pashta Tevir: Only if there is one syllable or less between the mercha and the tevir, as in . In some codex, when the tevir is not preceded by a darga or a mercha, and has a meteg because of a hateph-vowel, the meteg is then replaced by a mercha, as in Mercha appears in the Torah 9117 times—the second most of any trope sounds. Only Tipcha occurs more often. The Aramaic word translates into English as elongation. ==Total occurrences== ==Melody== ===In Etnachta group=== ===In Sof Passuk group=== First appearance (before Tipcha) Second appearance (after Tipcha) ==References==

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