Geresh (trope)

This article is about the cantillation mark. For the punctuation mark, see Geresh.
Geresh
גֵּ֜רֵשׁ ֜ מָנ֜וֹחַ
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

Geresh (Hebrew: גֵּ֜רֵשׁ‎, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. It is most often found together with the Kadma, in which case the pair is known as Kadma-V'Azla, but it can also be found independently, in which case it is referred to as Azla Geresh or simply as Geresh.

The Geresh occurs 1733 times in the Torah in the Kadma-V'Azla pair, and 1112 times separately.[1]

The Hebrew word גֵּ֜רֵשׁ translates into English as driving out.

Total occurrences

Book Geresh Azla
Torah 1112[1] 1733[1]
   Genesis 244[1] 427[1]
   Exodus 228[1] 373[1]
   Leviticus 175[1] 307[1]
   Numbers 223[1] 393[1]
   Deuteronomy 242[1] 413[1]
Nevi'im 957[2] 1492[2]
Ketuvim 780[2] 1240[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 6
  2. 1 2 3 4 Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 5


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