Illuy (cantillation)
# Illuy (cantillation)

Illuy :

| עִלּוּי‎ ֬‎ דָּבָ֬ר‎ |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
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| Sof passuk | ׃‎ | paseq | ׀‎ |
| etnachta | ֑‎ | segol | ֒‎ |
| shalshelet | ֓‎ | zaqef qatan | ֔‎ |
| zaqef gadol | ֕‎ | tifcha | ֖‎ |
| rivia | ֗‎ | zarqa | ֘‎ |
| pashta | ֙‎ | yetiv | ֚‎ |
| tevir | ֛‎ | geresh | ֜‎ |
| geresh muqdam [de] | ֝‎ | gershayim | ֞‎ |
| qarney para | ֟‎ | telisha gedola | ֠‎ |
| pazer | ֡‎ | atnah hafukh [de] | ֢‎ |
| munach | ֣‎ | mahapakh | ֤‎ |
| merkha | ֥‎ | merkha kefula | ֦‎ |
| darga | ֧‎ | qadma | ֨‎ |
| telisha qetana | ֩‎ | yerah ben yomo | ֪‎ |
| ole | ֫‎ | illuy | ֬‎ |
| dehi [de] | ֭‎ | zinor | ֮‎ |
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The Illuy or Iluy (Hebrew: עִלּוּי‎) is a Trope (from Yiddish טראָפּ "trop") in the Judaic Liturgy. It is one of the cantillation marks used in the three poetic books: Job, the Book of Proverbs, and the Psalms. Accordingly, it is a special mark belonging to the Ta'amei Sifrei Emet (meaning, the accent signs of the books of truth).

## Symbol

The symbol of Illuy ( ֬‎ ) is the same as that of Munach ( ֣‎ ), except that the Illuy is positioned above the Hebrew letter, while the Munach is positioned below it.

In the Yemeni tradition the Illuy is also called the "Shofar illuy" Hebrew: שׁוֹפָר עִלּ֣וּי. However, "Shofar illuy" means Munach in the Italian tradition.

## Description

The Hebrew word עִלּוּי‎ is a derivative of the word עִלִּי‎ (meaning "upper" or "top"), hence its position above the letter.

## Occurrences

The Trope Illuy occurs in only three books.

| Part of the Tanach | Illuy |
| - | - |
| Book of Job | 20 |
| Proverbs | 14 |
| Psalms | 146 |
| Total | 180 |

## Literature

* William Wickes: A treatise on the accentuation of the three so-called poetical books on the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and Job. 1881 (Illuy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
* William Wickes: A treatise on the accentuation of the twenty-one so-called prose books of the Old Testament. 1887 (Illuy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
* Arthur Davis: The Hebrew accents of the twenty-one Books of the Bible (K"A Sefarim) with a new introduction. 1900 (Illuy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
* Francis L. Cohen (1906). "Cantillation". In Isidore Singer (ed.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. III. New York: KTAV Publishing House. pp. 542–548.
* Solomon Rosowsky (1957). The Cantillation of the Bible. The Five Books of Moses. New York: The Reconstructionist Press.
* James D. Price (1996). Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible. Vol. I: Concordance of the Hebrew Accents used in the Pentateuch. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellon Press. ISBN 0-7734-2395-8.
* Joshua R. Jacobson (2002). Chanting the Hebrew Bible. The art of cantillation (1. ed.). Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 0-8276-0693-1.
* Joshua R. Jacobson (2005). Chanting the Hebrew Bible. Student Edition. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 0-8276-0816-0.
