Torah Chanting: Genesis 47:8-9

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כַּמָּ֕ה יְמֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

Genesis 47:8

Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How many are the years of your life?”

If a trope pattern is not recognized, it will appear without highlighting and without a trope tune audio file. Refer to the full verse chanting audio file for guidance on how to chant unhighlighted text.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כַּמָּ֕ה יְמֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

Trope Tunes (1st audio file corresponds to 1st highlighted trope).

Trope 1 Etnachta

Trope 2 Zakef gadol

Trope 3 Siluk (Sof-pasuk)

Full Verse Chanted

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י מְגוּרַ֔י שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה מְעַ֣ט וְרָעִ֗ים הָיוּ֙ יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י וְלֹ֣א הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י אֲבֹתַ֔י בִּימֵ֖י מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourn [on earth] are one hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been the years of my life, nor do they come up to the life spans of my ancestors^*ancestors I.e., predecessors in general. Or, with NJPS, “fathers”—taking the “sojourns” to allude specifically to Terah, Abraham, and Isaac as wandering heads of corporate households. Heb. ’avoth. during their sojourns.”

Trope Tunes (1st audio file corresponds to 1st highlighted trope).

Trope 1 Katon

Trope 2 Katon

Trope 3 Etnachta

Trope 4 R'vi-i

Trope 5 Katon

Trope 6 R'vi-i

Trope 7 Katon

Trope 8 Siluk (Sof-pasuk)

Full Verse Chanted

Note: Verse is at end of aliyah. Use alternative siluk/sof pasuk tune and modify tune to match trope.

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