gershayim

Gershayim most commonly refers to the punctuation mark {{angle bracket|״}}. It is always written before the last letter of the non-inflected form of a word or numeral. It is used in the following ways:

• To indicate a Hebrew acronym.[http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/decision5.html Hebrew punctuation guidelines, § 31], Academy of the Hebrew Language {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015065211/http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/decision5.html |date=October 15, 2007 }} For example: {{Script/Hebrew|דּוּ״חַ}} (singular), {{Script/Hebrew|דּוּ״חוֹת}} (plural), "report" represents {{Script/Hebrew|דין וחשבון}}; and {{Script/Hebrew|מ״כ}} (masculine), {{Script/Hebrew|מַ״כִּית}} (feminine), "squad commander" represents {{Script/Hebrew|מפקד כיתה}}.
• To indicate a multi-digit Hebrew numeral. For example: {{Script/Hebrew|י״ח}} represents 18.{{Cite GHG|5|k}} ff.
• To indicate the names of Hebrew letters, differentiating them from any homographs. Compare {{Script/Hebrew|הוּא שִׂרְטֵט עַיִן}} "he sketched an eye" with {{Script/Hebrew|הוּא שִׂרְטֵט עַיִ״ן}} "he sketched an ayin".
• To indicate Hebrew word roots. For example: the root of {{Script/Hebrew|תַּשְׁבֵּצִים}}{{IPA|/taʃbeˈtsim/}} "crossword puzzles" is {{Script/Hebrew|שב״צ}} (š—b—ṣ); the root of {{Script/Hebrew|לְהַטּוֹת}} {{IPA|/lehaˈtot/}} "to tilt, to conjugate" is {{Script/Hebrew|נט״ה}} (n—ṭ—h); and the root of {{Script/Hebrew|הִסְתַּנְכְּרְנוּת}} {{IPA|/histankreˈnut/}} "being synchronized" is {{Script/Hebrew|סנכר״נ}} (s–n–k–r–n).
• In older texts, to indicate the transliteration of a foreign word. This use corresponds to English's use of italics. For example, in printed works of Rashi, the town of Rashi's birth, Troyes, is spelled {{Script/Hebrew|טרוי״ש}}.

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Gershayim is a disjunctive cantillation accent in the Tanakh (Jewish bible) - ◌֞. It is placed above the stressed syllable, as in וַיִּקַּ֞ח (Genesis 22:3).

Most keyboards do not have a key for the gershayim punctuation; as a result, a quotation mark is often substituted for it. The cantillation accent however is generally not typed, as it plays a completely different role and can occur in the middle of words (it does not mark any word separation), or marked using a different interlinear notation if needed (such as superscripts or other notational symbols).

class="wikitable" ! Appearance ! Code Points ! Name

style="text-align: center;"| ״ | U+05F4 | Hebrew Punctuation Gershayim

style="text-align: center;"| ֞ | U+059E | Hebrew Accent Gershayim

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