Hebrew Cantillation Marks
The cantillation marks, also known as accents (in Hebrew,
Teamim or Teamey Hamiqra) are used with biblical texts to
indicate precise punctuation and the notes for reading the text
in public.
The cantillation marks are included in Unicode
2.0, SI 1311-2 and proposed
additions to ISO 10646.
Name
|
ISO 10646
Unicode |
SI 1311-2 |
| Hebrew Accent Etnahta |
0591/1425 |
a1/161 |
| Hebrew Accent Segol |
0592/1426 |
a2/162 |
| Hebrew Accent Shalshelet |
0593/1427 |
a3/163 |
| Hebrew Accent Zaqef Qatan |
0594/1428 |
a4/164 |
| Hebrew Accent Zaqef Gadol |
0595/1429 |
a5/165 |
| Hebrew Accent Tipeha |
0596/1430 |
a6/166 |
| Hebrew Accent Revia |
0597/1431 |
a7/167 |
| Hebrew Accent Zarqa |
0598/1432 |
a8/168 |
| Hebrew Accent Pashta |
0599/1433 |
a9/169 |
| Hebrew Accent Yetiv |
059a/1434 |
aa/170 |
| Hebrew Accent Tevir |
059b/1435 |
ab/171 |
| Hebrew Accent Geresh |
059c/1436 |
ac/172 |
| Hebrew Accent Geresh Muqdam |
059d/1437 |
ad/173 |
| Hebrew Accent Gershayim |
059e/1438 |
ae/174 |
| Hebrew Accent Qarney Para |
059f/1439 |
af/175 |
| Hebrew Accent Telisha Gedola |
05a0/1440 |
b0/176 |
| Hebrew Accent Pazer |
05a1/1441 |
b1/177 |
| Hebrew Accent Munah |
05a3/1443 |
b3/179 |
| Hebrew Accent Mahapakh |
05a4/1444 |
b4/180 |
| Hebrew Accent Merkha |
05a5/1445 |
b5/181 |
| Hebrew Accent Merkha Kefula |
05a6/1446 |
b6/182 |
| Hebrew Accent Darga |
05a7/1447 |
b7/183 |
| Hebrew Accent Qadma |
05a8/1448 |
b8/184 |
| Hebrew Accent Telisha Qetana |
05a9/1449 |
b9/185 |
| Hebrew Accent Yerah Ben Yomo |
05aa/1450 |
ba/186 |
| Hebrew Accent Ole |
05ab/1451 |
bb/187 |
| Hebrew Accent Iluy |
05ac/1452 |
bc/188 |
| Hebrew Accent Dehi |
05ad/1453 |
bd/189 |
| Hebrew Accent Zinor |
05ae/1454 |
be/190 |
| Hebrew Mark Masora Circle |
05af/1455 |
bf/191 |
Notes:
The accent Siluq is identical in shape to
Meteg and is not assigned a
separate code.
The three books of the Bible, Job,
Proverbs and Psalms ("Emet", after their Hebrew
initials) use a different system of cantillation marks
than the other 21 books. The accents Ole, Iluy, Dehi and
Zinor are only used in these three books. Five of the
accents above have different names in the three books:
"Emet"
Books
|
21 Books
|
| Tarha |
Tipeha |
| Tsinorit |
Zarqa |
| Azla |
Qadma |
| Galgal |
Yerah Ben Yomo |
| Yored |
Merkha |
Zinor should have been named Tsinor.
The names of the accents appear in many
variations. The names used here were selected by the SII
according to the Hebrew Encyclopedia, Volume 18, page 866.
Reference: SI 1489 (1992), pp. 19-20.
A reference in English: Gesenius' Hebrew
Grammar, as Edited and Enlarged by the Late E. Kautzsch,
Second English Edition, Revised in Accordance with the 28th
German Edition by A. E. Cowley, Clarendon Press,
Oxford, 1910.
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