Mercha kefula

Mercha kefula
מֵרְכָא כּפוּלָ֦ה ֦ ל֦וֹ
cantillation
Sof passuk׃  paseq׀
etnachta֑  segol֒
shalshelet֓  zaqef qatan֔
zaqef gadol֕  tifcha֖
revia֗  zarqa֘
pashta֙  yetiv֚
tevir֛  geresh֜
geresh muqdam֝  gershayim֞
qarney para֟  telisha gedola֠
pazer֡  atnah hafukh֢
munach֣  mahapakh֤
merkha֥  merkha kefula֦
darga֧  qadma֨
telisha qetana֩  yerah ben yomo֪
ole֫  iluy֬
dehi֭  zinor֮

Mercha kefula (מֵרְכָא כּפוּלָ֦ה, with variant English spellings) is a rare cantillation mark that occurs 5 times in the Torah and once in the Haftarah.

The Hebrew words מֵרְכָא כּפוּלָ֦ה translate into English as double mercha. This name is given since the mark that is used appears like two merchas.

Occurrences

The Mercha kefula appears in the following locations:

Total occurrences

Book Number of appearances
Torah 5[1]
   Genesis 1[1]
   Exodus 1[1]
   Leviticus 1[1]
   Numbers 2[1]
   Deuteronomy 0[1]
Nevi'im 3[2]
Ketuvim 4[2]

Melody

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 6
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 5