† ˈtaghmical, a. Heb. Gram. Obs. rare.
[f. Heb. ṭaﻋam taste, discernment, judgement, in later Heb. explanation, meaning, and then the ordinary word for accentual mark (in reference to the functions of the Heb. accents) + -ical. (The Heb. ע is here represented by gh: cf. Gaza, Gomorrah.)]
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew written accents as determining the syntactical structure and hence the meaning of passages (as understood by the Masoretes).
| 1698 W. Cross (title) The Taghmical Art: or the Art of Expounding Scripture By the Points usually called Accents, But are really Tactical. 1730 T. Boston Mem. x. (ed. Morrison) 301 What Mr. Cross calls the Taghmical Art; viz. the sacred stigmatology or accentuation of the Hebrew Bible. 1859 Life E. Henderson iii. 119 note, The idea broke in upon him when reading Cross's Taghmical Art. |