diff --git a/runtime/syntax/generator/vim.vim.base b/runtime/syntax/generator/vim.vim.base
index 9088af1..6d67d7b 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/generator/vim.vim.base
+++ b/runtime/syntax/generator/vim.vim.base
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 " Language:	   Vim script
 " Maintainer:	   Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727 ATMARK gmail.com>
 "	   Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
-" Last Change:	   2024 Oct 05
+" Last Change:	   2024 Oct 08
 " Former Maintainer: Charles E. Campbell
 
 " DO NOT CHANGE DIRECTLY.
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 syn case match
 
 " All vimCommands are contained by vimIsCommand. {{{2
-syn cluster vimCmdList	contains=vimAbb,vimAddress,vimAutoCmd,vimAugroup,vimBehave,vimCall,vimCatch,vimConst,vimDef,vimDefFold,vimDelcommand,@vimEcho,vimEnddef,vimEndfunction,vimExecute,vimIsCommand,vimExtCmd,vimFor,vimFunction,vimFuncFold,vimGlobal,vimHighlight,vimLet,vimLoadkeymap,vimMap,vimMark,vimMatch,vimNotFunc,vimNorm,vimSet,vimSleep,vimSyntax,vimThrow,vimUnlet,vimUnmap,vimUserCmd,vimMenu,vimMenutranslate,@vim9CmdList
+syn cluster vimCmdList	contains=vimAbb,vimAddress,vimAutoCmd,vimAugroup,vimBehave,vimCall,vimCatch,vimConst,vimDef,vimDefFold,vimDelcommand,@vimEcho,vimEnddef,vimEndfunction,vimExecute,vimIsCommand,vimExtCmd,vimFor,vimFunction,vimFuncFold,vimGlobal,vimHighlight,vimLet,vimLoadkeymap,vimMap,vimMark,vimMatch,vimNotFunc,vimNormal,vimSet,vimSleep,vimSyntax,vimThrow,vimUnlet,vimUnmap,vimUserCmd,vimMenu,vimMenutranslate,@vim9CmdList
 syn cluster vim9CmdList	contains=vim9Class,vim9Const,vim9Enum,vim9Export,vim9Final,vim9For,vim9Interface,vim9Type,vim9Var
 syn match vimCmdSep	"[:|]\+"	skipwhite nextgroup=@vimCmdList,vimSubst1
 syn match vimIsCommand	"\<\%(\h\w*\|[23]mat\%[ch]\)\>"	contains=vimCommand
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@
 syn match vimVar        	"\s\zs&t_k;"
 syn match vimFBVar      contained   "\<[bwglstav]:\h[a-zA-Z0-9#_]*\>"
 syn keyword vimCommand  contained	in
+syn match vimBang	      contained	"!"
 
 syn cluster vimExprList	contains=vimEnvvar,vimFunc,vimNumber,vimOper,vimOperParen,vimLetRegister,vimString,vimVar,@vim9ExprList
 syn cluster vim9ExprList	contains=vim9Boolean,vim9Null
@@ -811,10 +812,10 @@
 syn case match
 syn region	vimMatchPattern	contained	matchgroup=Delimiter start="\z([!#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{}~]\)" skip="\\\\\|\\\z1" end="\z1" contains=@vimSubstList oneline
 
-" Norm: {{{2
-" ====
-syn match	vimNorm		"\<norm\%[al]!\=" skipwhite nextgroup=vimNormCmds
-syn match	vimNormCmds contained	".*$"
+" Normal: {{{2
+" ======
+syn match	vimNormal		"\<norm\%[al]\>!\=" skipwhite nextgroup=vimNormalArg contains=vimBang
+syn region	vimNormalArg	contained	start="\S" skip=+\n\s*\\\|\n\s*["#]\\ + end="$" contains=@vimContinue
 
 " Sleep: {{{2
 " =====
@@ -1371,7 +1372,7 @@
  hi def link vimMenutranslateComment	vimComment
  hi def link vim9MethodName	vimFuncName
  hi def link vimMtchComment	vimComment
- hi def link vimNorm	vimCommand
+ hi def link vimNormal	vimCommand
  hi def link vimNotation	Special
  hi def link vimNotFunc	vimCommand
  hi def link vimNotPatSep	vimString
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_normal_00.dump b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_normal_00.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60a4537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_normal_00.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+>"+0#0000e05#ffffff0| |V|i|m| |:|n|o|r|m|a|l| |c|o|m@1|a|n|d| +0#0000000&@53
+@75
+|n+0#af5f00255&|o|r|m|a|l| +0#0000000&|j| @66
+|n+0#af5f00255&|o|r|m|a|l|!| +0#0000000&|j| @65
+|n+0#af5f00255&|o|r|m|a|l|!|j+0#0000000&| @66
+@75
+|"+0#0000e05&| |n|o| |t|r|a|i|l|i|n|g| |b|a|r| +0#0000000&@57
+|n+0#af5f00255&|o|r|m|a|l| +0#0000000&|j| |4|2|||e|c|h|o| |"|n|o|t| |e|c|h|o| |c|o|m@1|a|n|d|"| @39
+@75
+|"+0#0000e05&| |n|o| |t|r|a|i|l|i|n|g| |c|o|m@1|e|n|t| +0#0000000&@53
+|n+0#af5f00255&|o|r|m|a|l| +0#0000000&|j| |"|0|p| @62
+@75
+|"+0#0000e05&| |m|u|l|t|i|l|i|n|e| |a|r|g| +0#0000000&@59
+|n+0#af5f00255&|o|r|m|a|l| +0#0000000&|j| @66
+@6|\+0#e000e06&|k+0#0000000&| @66
+@6|"+0#0000e05&|\| |c|o|m@1|e|n|t| +0#0000000&@58
+@6|\+0#e000e06&|j+0#0000000&| @66
+@75
+|"+0#0000e05&| |w|o|r|d|-|b|o|u|n|d|a|r|y| |r|e|q|u|i|r|e|d| |a|f|t|e|r| |n|a|m|e| |(|o|l|d| |b|u|g|)| +0#0000000&@29
+@57|1|,|1| @10|T|o|p| 
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_normal_01.dump b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_normal_01.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6fa3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/vim_ex_normal_01.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+|n+0#af5f00255#ffffff0|o|r|m|a|l| +0#0000000&|j| @66
+@6|\+0#e000e06&|k+0#0000000&| @66
+@6|"+0#0000e05&|\| |c|o|m@1|e|n|t| +0#0000000&@58
+@6|\+0#e000e06&|j+0#0000000&| @66
+@75
+>"+0#0000e05&| |w|o|r|d|-|b|o|u|n|d|a|r|y| |r|e|q|u|i|r|e|d| |a|f|t|e|r| |n|a|m|e| |(|o|l|d| |b|u|g|)| +0#0000000&@29
+|n|o|r|m|a|l|j| @67
+|~+0#4040ff13&| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+| +0#0000000&@56|1|9|,|1| @9|B|o|t| 
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/vim_ex_normal.vim b/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/vim_ex_normal.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..174a3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/vim_ex_normal.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+" Vim :normal command
+
+normal j
+normal! j
+normal!j
+
+" no trailing bar
+normal j 42|echo "not echo command"
+
+" no trailing comment
+normal j "0p
+
+" multiline arg
+normal j
+      \k
+      "\ comment
+      \j
+
+" word-boundary required after name (old bug)
+normalj
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index 28fdda5..eea6e82 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 syn case match
 
 " All vimCommands are contained by vimIsCommand. {{{2
-syn cluster vimCmdList	contains=vimAbb,vimAddress,vimAutoCmd,vimAugroup,vimBehave,vimCall,vimCatch,vimConst,vimDef,vimDefFold,vimDelcommand,@vimEcho,vimEnddef,vimEndfunction,vimExecute,vimIsCommand,vimExtCmd,vimFor,vimFunction,vimFuncFold,vimGlobal,vimHighlight,vimLet,vimLoadkeymap,vimMap,vimMark,vimMatch,vimNotFunc,vimNorm,vimSet,vimSleep,vimSyntax,vimThrow,vimUnlet,vimUnmap,vimUserCmd,vimMenu,vimMenutranslate,@vim9CmdList
+syn cluster vimCmdList	contains=vimAbb,vimAddress,vimAutoCmd,vimAugroup,vimBehave,vimCall,vimCatch,vimConst,vimDef,vimDefFold,vimDelcommand,@vimEcho,vimEnddef,vimEndfunction,vimExecute,vimIsCommand,vimExtCmd,vimFor,vimFunction,vimFuncFold,vimGlobal,vimHighlight,vimLet,vimLoadkeymap,vimMap,vimMark,vimMatch,vimNotFunc,vimNormal,vimSet,vimSleep,vimSyntax,vimThrow,vimUnlet,vimUnmap,vimUserCmd,vimMenu,vimMenutranslate,@vim9CmdList
 syn cluster vim9CmdList	contains=vim9Class,vim9Const,vim9Enum,vim9Export,vim9Final,vim9For,vim9Interface,vim9Type,vim9Var
 syn match vimCmdSep	"[:|]\+"	skipwhite nextgroup=@vimCmdList,vimSubst1
 syn match vimIsCommand	"\<\%(\h\w*\|[23]mat\%[ch]\)\>"	contains=vimCommand
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
 syn match vimVar        	"\s\zs&t_k;"
 syn match vimFBVar      contained   "\<[bwglstav]:\h[a-zA-Z0-9#_]*\>"
 syn keyword vimCommand  contained	in
+syn match vimBang	      contained	"!"
 
 syn cluster vimExprList	contains=vimEnvvar,vimFunc,vimNumber,vimOper,vimOperParen,vimLetRegister,vimString,vimVar,@vim9ExprList
 syn cluster vim9ExprList	contains=vim9Boolean,vim9Null
@@ -857,10 +858,10 @@
 syn case match
 syn region	vimMatchPattern	contained	matchgroup=Delimiter start="\z([!#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{}~]\)" skip="\\\\\|\\\z1" end="\z1" contains=@vimSubstList oneline
 
-" Norm: {{{2
-" ====
-syn match	vimNorm		"\<norm\%[al]!\=" skipwhite nextgroup=vimNormCmds
-syn match	vimNormCmds contained	".*$"
+" Normal: {{{2
+" ======
+syn match	vimNormal		"\<norm\%[al]\>!\=" skipwhite nextgroup=vimNormalArg contains=vimBang
+syn region	vimNormalArg	contained	start="\S" skip=+\n\s*\\\|\n\s*["#]\\ + end="$" contains=@vimContinue
 
 " Sleep: {{{2
 " =====
@@ -1417,7 +1418,7 @@
  hi def link vimMenutranslateComment	vimComment
  hi def link vim9MethodName	vimFuncName
  hi def link vimMtchComment	vimComment
- hi def link vimNorm	vimCommand
+ hi def link vimNormal	vimCommand
  hi def link vimNotation	Special
  hi def link vimNotFunc	vimCommand
  hi def link vimNotPatSep	vimString