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Basic ZAKEF KATON Phrases
Nearly every verse that you will be chanting contains a ZAKEF KATON:זָקֵף קָטוֹ֔ן
Also written in the Hebrew like this:קָטֹן
We've colored the KATON symbol red to indicate that you must pause after chanting the word.KATON Helper TropesZAKEF KATON appears a handful of times by itself in Torah and Haftarah.Most of the time, KATON appears supported by other Tropes. One of the Tropes that you have already learned, MUNACH, is found in the basic KATON phrases, often just before the Zakef Katon.The vast majority of KATON phrases include one or more of the following helper tropes:PASHTAפַּשְטָא֙
(Many Sephardim use the name KADMA for the Trope (
) which Ashkenazim call PASHTA)
MUNACH: מוּנַ֣ח
MAPACH: מַהְפַּ֤ךְ
(For the advanced student -- a comment about Trope names)Some Ashkenazim teach that the Munach Trope (
) followed by the Katon (
) are called ZAKEF and KATON. Strictly speaking, and according to most scholars of Biblical Cantillation, the Trope () is called ZAKEF-KATON, and the Trope () is called MUNACH.