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The Masoretes devised a system of diacritics to add to the consonantal text of the Hebrew Tanakh to mark vowels, stress, and makes finer distinctions of consonant quality and length, and punctuation. This vocalization pointing system is known as Tiberian niqqud  (ניקוד טַבְרָנִי), Tiberian … Continue reading →