Punctuation conventions of the Hebrew language over time
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
֓
zaqef qaton
֔
zaqef gadol
֕
tifcha/tarkha
֖
rivia/ravia’
֗
zarqa
֘
pashta
֙
yetiv
֚
tevir
֛
geresh/gerish
֜
geresh muqdam [de]
֝
gershayim/shenei gerishin
֞
karnei pharah
֟
telisha gedola/talsha
֠
pazer (gadol)
֡
atnah hafukh [de]
֢
munakh/shofar holekh
֣
mahapakh/shofar mehupakh
֤
merkha/ma’arikh
֥
merkha kefula/terei ta’amei
֦
darga
֧
qadma
֨
telisha qetana/tarsa
֩
yerah ben yomo
֪
ole
֫
illuy
֬
dehi [de]
֭
zinor
֮
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Hebrew punctuation is similar to that of English and other Western languages, Modern Hebrew having imported additional punctuation marks from these languages in order to avoid the ambiguities sometimes occasioned by the relative lack of such symbols in Biblical Hebrew.
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