What ࠻ means
It marks a teaching expression.
Turu follows the words it qualifies and tells the reader to take that Samaritan expression as teaching or instruction. It describes how the words should be read, not just where to pause.
Other Samaritan punctuation marks signal prayer, questions, shouting, anger, or submissiveness. An 1189 CE Samaritan manuscript witnesses this wider tradition, and a grammatical treatise from the 12th century organizes its marks.
How did Samaritan punctuation develop?
Sentence dividers also came to mark smaller breaks.
Across the wider Samaritan system, punctuation marks could divide whole sentences or mark shorter pauses inside them. Turu identifies a teaching expression rather than a simple pause.
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Questions people ask
1Why does turu show as a box?
Font coverage. A font can display Samaritan letters yet omit punctuation; switch to one that includes Samaritan punctuation.
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- turu · teaching mark · Samaritan punctuation · didactic mark · Samaritan keyboard
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࠻\083BCodes and encoding1 code points
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