| Geresh | ||
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| diacritic, punctuation mark |
׳ | וכו׳ |
| cantillation mark | ֜ or ֝ | הָאָ֜רֶץ |
| compare with apostrophes | ||
| 'וכו׳', 'הָאָ֜רֶץ' | ||
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Geresh (׳ in Hebrew: גֶּרֶשׁ[1] or גֵּרֶשׁ[2] [ˈɡeʁeʃ], or medieval [ˈɡeːɾeːʃ]) is a sign in Hebrew writing. It has two meanings.
- An apostrophe-like sign (also known colloquially as a chupchik)[3] placed after a letter:
- as a diacritic that modifies the pronunciation of some letters (only in modern Hebrew),
- as a diacritic that signifies Yiddish origin of a word or suffix,[citation needed] (examples below)
- as a punctuation mark to denote initialisms or abbreviations,
- or to denote a single-digit Hebrew numeral
- A note of cantillation in the reading of the Torah and other Biblical books, taking the form of a curved diagonal stroke placed above a letter.
- ^
Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, §15f
- ^ Even-Shoshan Dictionary, 2003; Shoshana Bahat and Mordechay Mishor, Dictionary of Contemporary Hebrew, 2007.
- ^ Kordova, Shoshana (3 Mar 2013). "Word of the Day / Chupchik צ'וּפְּצִ'יק". Haaretz. Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
