Which phrases in Shirat HaYam are read with the special 'shirah' trop? (Inspired by this question.)
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approx 8 pesukim that have Hashem's name in them. There is one exception though– user3039Commented Jul 22, 2013 at 7:03
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You mean only the pesukim with God's name in them are read with a special tune?– Double AA ♦Commented Jul 22, 2013 at 7:54
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What is the exception, and can you provide any sources for what you say? Thanks.– Monica CellioCommented Jul 22, 2013 at 14:27
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Hi anonymous guest! This looks like it has the potential to be a good, full answer. Please flesh it out and cite sources.– WAFCommented Jul 22, 2013 at 15:21
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Based in my Mesora - which I got from my father:
The special tune starts before the Shira. It is already used for Posuk 14:29 - the Posuk before וַיּוֹשַׁע
וְהַמַּיִם לָהֶם חֹמָה, מִימִינָם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָם
Note: this phrases is already mentioned in Pasuk 22 - but there it is sung normally.
Then comes the actual Shira, where each Posuk with Hashem's name gets sung with the special Shira trop.
That's true until 3 Psukim before the end:
Pasuk 17 - תְּבִאֵמוֹ, וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ בְּהַר נַחֲלָתְךָ - is read normally.
Pasuk 18 - Hashem Yimloch - is read with the Shira trop, as expected.
Pasuk 19 - כִּי בָא סוּס פַּרְעֹה is read normally until the last phrase
הָלְכוּ בַיַּבָּשָׁה, בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּםwhich has the "end of the song" nigun.
But we're not done yet - Miriam's Shira is also sung with the Shira trop - i.e. the end of Passuk 21:
שִׁירוּ לַה' כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה, סוּס וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּם
answered Jan 7, 2014 at 9:04
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1FWIW, I don't remember ever hearing the last phrase of pasuk 19 read in the song tune. I've also heard differing customs regarding 14:29 and 14:22- I once heard someone lein both instances in the song-tune, and in my yeshiva they leined both in the regular trop. But I've heard many places sing the second instance, as is mentioned here– הנער הזהCommented Jan 11, 2015 at 1:40
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I know someone whose tradition is that 14:22 gets the special one but 14:29 is read normally, because in 22 חומה is spelled Malei.– Double AA ♦Commented Dec 18, 2015 at 4:25
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I was told that the first והמים להם חומה is also sung with the shira trop. I have also heard ובמשה עבדו, which leads into the shira, sung with the special tune. Commented Jan 17, 2019 at 20:16
14:29 Second cadence only - מימנם ומשמאלם
14:31 Second cadence only - ויאמנו בה׳ ובמשה עבדו
15:1-3 - broken like this: First cadence: אשירה... גאה Second cadence: סוס... בים First cadence: עזי... לישועה Second cadence: זה... וארממנהו First cadence: ה׳... מלחמה Second cadence: ה׳ שמו
15:6 First cadence: ימינך... בכח Second cadence: ימינך... אויב
15:11 - two possibilities Either: First cadence: מי־כמכה...בקדש Second cadence: נורא... פלא Or: First cadence: מי־כמכה... ה׳ Second cadence: מי כמכה... קדש Second cadence again: נורא... פלא
15:16 First cadence: עד... ה׳ Second cadence: עד... קנית
15:18 Second cadence only
15:21 First cadence - שירו... גאה Second cadence - סוס... בים (this is the last one, I sometimes conclude on a 5-1 instead of a 2-1)
Some people also have a tradition to do this melody for the Journeys sections of Numbers:
10:15-16, 19-20, 23-24, and 26:27
33:11-12, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22, 23-24, 25-26, 27-28, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34, 35-36, 41-42, 43-44, and 45-46
Those verses are always done in pairs, with the first verse being the first cadence and the second being the second cadence.
