Gershayim

Gershayim
punctuation mark	״	פַּרְדֵּ״ס
cantillation mark	֞	וּרְד֞וּ
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"פַּרְדֵּ״ס", "וּרְד֞וּ"

Hebrew punctuation
Hebrew-specific marks orthographically similar marks maqaf ־ - hyphen geresh ֜ ֝ ׳ ' apostrophe gershayim ֞ ״ " quotation mark meteg ֽ   , comma inverted nun ׆ [ bracket cantillation cantillation Sof passuk ׃   Paseq ׀ Etnakhta/atnakh ֑   Segol ֒ Shalshelet ֓   Zakef katan ֔ Zakef gadol ֕   Tifcha/tarkha ֖ Rivia ֗   Zarka ֘ Pashta ֙   Yetiv ֚ Tevir ֛   Geresh ֜ Geresh muqdam [de] ֝   Gershayim ֞ Karne parah ֟   Telisha gedola/talsha ֠ Pazer ֡   Atnah hafukh [de] ֢ Munakh/shofar holekh ֣   Mahpach ֤ Merkha/ma’arikh ֥   Mercha kefula ֦ Darga ֧   Qadma ֨ Telisha qetana/tarsa ֩   Yerah ben yomo ֪ Ole ֫   Illuy ֬ Dehi [de] ֭   Tsinnorit ֮ view talk edit
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Gershayim (Hebrew: גֵּרְשַׁיִם, without niqqud גרשיים), also occasionally grashayim,^[1] can refer to either of two distinct typographical marks in the Hebrew language. The name literally means "double geresh".

Punctuation mark

There are a few different uses for this mark in punctuation:

• To indicate a Hebrew acronym.^[2]
• To indicate a multi-digit Hebrew numeral.
• and many other uses.

Cantillation mark

The mark of also used as a "cantillation mark", to indicate the which syllables to say more strongly when reciting from the Hebrew Bible, such is also known as the "Tanakh".

Computer encoding

Most keyboards do not have a key for the gershayim. As a result, a quotation mark is often used instead.

Appearance	Code Points	Name
״	U+05F4	Hebrew Punctuation Gershayim
֞	U+059E	Hebrew Accent Gershayim

Related pages

• Hebrew alphabet
• Hebrew diacritics [en]
• Hebrew punctuation [en]

References

1.  Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, §15f
2. Hebrew punctuation guidelines, § 31, Academy of the Hebrew Language Archived 15 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine