U+059A "֚" Hebrew Accent Yetiv Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+059A "֚" Hebrew Accent Yetiv is a cantillation mark used in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible, specifically functioning as a conjunctive accent that links the word it appears on to the following word in the same phrase, typically appearing above the accented syllable. It belongs to the group of accents known as "ta'amim" or trope, and it is associated with a specific melodic pattern used during the liturgical chanting of scripture, helping to indicate the syntactical structure and pronunciation of the biblical text. This character is part of the Hebrew block in Unicode and is generally rendered as a small, diagonal or curved mark placed above the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+059A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hebrew Accent Yetiv |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below Right |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ֚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ֚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD6 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x059A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000059A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u059a |