cantillation

verb (used with object), can·til·lat·ed, can·til·lat·ing.

1. to chant; intone.

noun

1. the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
2. chanting or intonation

verb

1. to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
2. to intone or chant