I am relaying a question that my friend emailed to me, last night. (It's a mitzvah to credit others):
There are two places in the Torah that have an unusual dual trope note combination on a single word. The notes are written as telisha gedolah followed by gershayim. In the Torah, this combination can be found in two places:
Breishit 5:29 on the word זה and in Vayikra 10:4 on the word קרבו
Questions:
- Is there any significance to these two words having this trope combination?
- Do these specific notes add anything to the word meaning? (this Q may be a dupe or rephrasing of the prev. question.)
- The notes are written in one order, but the Ba'al Kri'ah sings them in the opposite order. Why?
- Are there any other occurrences in Tana"ch where this combination is found? If so, please list where. (I assume that the list is very small.)
Answer
Here is a partial answer. Shaarei Zimra says that there are 5 locations total in Tanach with these two combinations. The first two you mentioned.
Over here he explains why we sing the Gayrshayim first however I do not understand it enough to explain it.
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