Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
Tip’ha—טִפְּחָא
Tip’ha is the most common note in the Torah, appearing more than 10,000 times! It appears at least once in every verse and usually twice, always leading into an etnahta or a sof pasuk. Tip’ha is kind of like the runway that helps the plane land. It looks like a small scoop pointing down and to the right.
Here it is in our parashah, leading into an etnahta:
הַקָּרֹ֖ב אֵלָ֑יו
that are closest to him
And here it is just before the end of a verse:
בָּאֵ֖שׁ יִשָּׂרֵֽף׃
must be consumed in fire
Next week, we will see how tip’ha interacts with its frequent neighbor, merkha. Stay tuned!
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