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hebrew accent geresh

Hebrew Accent Geresh

֜ marks phrasing and chant in Hebrew Bible reading. It is not a letter or punctuation mark; Hebrew punctuation uses ׳.

Text symbol
Also called
teres
Search it as
geresh · cantillation · trope · Qadma–Azla
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ֜ means

It marks a phrase break in the biblical chant. Hebrew Bible cantillation groups words for reading; in prose, Qadma (֨) can precede Geresh in the Qadma–Azla pattern.

Masoretic codices—Hebrew Bible manuscripts—attest written cantillation from the ninth century, preserving older oral chant. Babylonian, Palestinian and Tiberian traditions used distinct systems. In 2018, Noto Fonts reported ֜ positioned too far left in Noto Sans Hebrew and Noto Serif Hebrew; a font can detach it from its base letter.

Don't confuse it with

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׳
Hebrew Punctuation Geresh
The punctuation geresh ׳ serves abbreviations and soft sounds; ֜ marks biblical chant.

Questions people ask

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Why does ֜ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type ֜

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 059C, then Alt+X to get ֜.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hebrew accent geresh”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 059c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
֜
CSS
\059C
Base letter
Enter ֜ after its Hebrew base letter; it is a combining mark.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
֜
HTML hex
֜
CSS content
content: "\059C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%D6%9C
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Middle East scripts1,599 symbols

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Hebrew88 symbols

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