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Geresh (׳ in Hebrew: גֶּרֶשׁ or גֵּרֶשׁ [ˈɡeʁeʃ], or
medieval [ˈɡeːɾeːʃ]) is a sign in
Hebrew writing. It has two meanings. An apostrophe-like sign...
- [example:
Genesis 1:1a). Azla
Geresh/
Geresh "Azla divorced" (if
called "alza
geresh") or "Expulsion, divorce" (if
called just "
geresh"). So
called because it...
- of the
letter and is
called a
geresh. The
pronunciation of the
following letters can also be
modified with the
geresh diacritic. The
represented sounds...
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Geresh (Hebrew: גֵּ֜רֵשׁ, with
variant English spellings) is a
cantillation mark
found in the Torah, Haftarah, and
other books of the
Hebrew Bible. It...
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Currency until 1980. Its sign is I£, and its
abbreviation is ל״י. The
geresh ⟨׳⟩, is the
Hebrew equivalent of a
period in
abbreviations (e.g. abbrev...
- are also
listed as part of the
niqqud system but are not in
common use);
geresh and gershayim, two
diacritics that are not
considered a part of niqqud,...
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ARMENIAN APOSTROPHE U+059C ֜
HEBREW ACCENT GERESH U+059D ֝
HEBREW ACCENT GERESH MUQDAM U+05F3 ׳
HEBREW PUNCTUATION GERESH U+1FBD ᾽ GR****
KORONIS U+1FBF ᾿ GR****...
- tav
without a
dagesh is
sometimes /d/.[clarification needed] Tav with a
geresh (ת׳) is
sometimes used in
order to
represent the TH
digraph in loanwords...
- by two or more
Hebrew numerals (e.g., 28 → כ״ח). Similarly, a
single geresh (U+05F3 in Unicode, and
resembling a
single quote mark) is
appended after...
- teth-shin, as in Yiddish. A
Hebrew variant is צ׳אצ׳קע,
using צ (tsade) with a
geresh to
represent the
sound [t͡ʃ].
Depending on the context, the term has a connotation...
