Gershayim (trope)
Appearance
Gershayim | |||||||
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cantillation | |||||||
Sof passuk | ׃ | Paseq | ׀ | ||||
Etnakhta/atnakh | ֑ | Segol | ֒ | ||||
Shalshelet | ֓ | Zakef katan | ֔ | ||||
Zakef gadol | ֕ | Tifcha/tarkha | ֖ | ||||
Rivia | ֗ | Zarka | ֘ | ||||
Pashta | ֙ | Yetiv | ֚ | ||||
Tevir | ֛ | Geresh | ֜ | ||||
Geresh muqdam | ֝ | Gershayim | ֞ | ||||
Karne parah | ֟ | Telisha gedola/talsha | ֠ | ||||
Pazer | ֡ | Atnah hafukh | ֢ | ||||
Munakh/shofar holekh | ֣ | Mahpach | ֤ | ||||
Merkha/ma’arikh | ֥ | Mercha kefula | ֦ | ||||
Darga | ֧ | Qadma | ֨ | ||||
Telisha qetana/tarsa | ֩ | Yerah ben yomo | ֪ | ||||
Ole | ֫ | Illuy | ֬ | ||||
Dehi | ֭ | Tsinnorit | ֮ | ||||
Gershayim (Hebrew: גֵּרְשַׁיִם, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark that is found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Hebrew word גֵּרְשַׁיִם translates into English as double geresh.
Total occurrences
[edit]Book | Number of appearances |
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Torah | 510[1] |
Genesis | 113[1] |
Exodus | 99[1] |
Leviticus | 76[1] |
Numbers | 114[1] |
Deuteronomy | 108[1] |
Nevi'im | 447[2] |
Ketuvim | 341[2] |