U+05A0 "֠" Hebrew Accent Telisha Gedola Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+05A0 "֠" Hebrew Accent Telisha Gedola is a cantillation mark used in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible, specifically functioning as a disjunctive accent that indicates a pause or separation within a verse, often carrying a stronger break than its counterpart, Telisha Qetana. This character is placed above or to the left of the stressed syllable of a word and belongs to the group of ta'amim (biblical accents) that guide the liturgical chanting and syntactic parsing of scripture, particularly in the poetic and prose books of the Tanakh. Its visual form resembles a small, curved line or diagonal dash, and it plays a key role in preserving the traditional melodic and rhythmic patterns of Hebrew biblical recitation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05A0 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hebrew Accent Telisha Gedola |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ֠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ֠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD6 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05A0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005A0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05a0 |