💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Matot (Jeremiah 1:1-2:3): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=32921

Date: 2020-07-15

Last Updated: 2025-02-18

Categories: Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), Parashat Matōt

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillated readings in English, English Translation, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot

Excerpt: The haftarah reading for Parashat Matot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

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This is an English translation of the Haftarah reading for Parashat Matot (Jeremiah 1:1-2:3), transtropilated. (Transtropilation is the term coined by Len Fellman to describe the process of translating from cantillated Hebrew, as closely as possible, “word for word and trōp for trōp”, with the main purpose being to aid a person with minimal Hebrew training in following the Hebrew leyning word for word.) This translation is based on the following translations: Aryeh Kaplan’s The Living Torah (also my source for proper names & transliterations), Richard Elliott Friedman’s The Bible With Sources Revealed, Everett Fox’s The Five Books of Moses, The Stone Edition Tanach, The JPS Tanakh (Hebrew-English 2nd Ed. 2000) along with Orlinsky’s Notes on the New Translation of the Torah, The Jerusalem Bible (1966, also my source for topic headings), The New King James Bible; occasionally, esp. for Haftarot: The Torah—A Modern Commentary by Plaut et al; for Megillot, I also use H.L. Ginsberg’s The Five Megillot and Jonah.

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Contributor: the Masoretic Text

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  Name: the Masoretic Text
  Bio: The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Tanakh for Karaite and Rabbinic Judaism. It was primarily copied, edited and distributed by a group of Jews known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE. The Masoretic Text defines the Jewish canon and its precise letter-text, with its vocalization and accentuation known as the Masorah.
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  Name: Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen
  Bio: Yirmiyah (or Jeremiah, Hebrew: יִרְמְיָהוּ‬, Yirmĭyāhū; Greek: Ἰερεμίας; Arabic: إرميا‎ Irmiyā meaning "Yah Exalts", circa late 7th century through early 6th century), also called the "Weeping prophet", is one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Yirmiyah authored Sefer Yirmiyahu (the book of Jeremiah), Melakhim (the books of Kings), and Megillat Eikhah (the Scroll/Book of Lamentations), together with the assistance and under the editorship of Barukh ben Neriyah, his scribe and disciple.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/yirmiyah-ben-hilkiyah-hakohen
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  Name: Len Fellman (translation)
  Bio: Len Fellman is a mathematician, educator, and innovator of "transtropilation," the process of translating from cantillized Hebrew, as closely as possible, “word for word and trōp for trōp”, with the main purpose being to aid a person with minimal Hebrew training in following the Hebrew leyning of the Torah and Haftarah readings word for word.
  Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20150926171914/http://toviar.home.comcast.net/~toviar/index.htm
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Caption: Detail of transtropilized translation of a portion of the Haftarah for Parashat Matot.