U+05A6 "֦" Hebrew Accent Merkha Kefula Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+05A6 "֦" Hebrew Accent Merkha Kefula is a cantillation mark used in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible, specifically found in the poetic books of Job, Psalms, and Proverbs. This accent, whose name translates to "double merkha," typically indicates a secondary or conjunctive disjunctive stress, serving to connect two words melodically while still marking a pause in the recitation. It appears as a horizontal line placed above the stressed syllable of a word, functioning as a nuanced intonation guide within the complex system of biblical cantillation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05A6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hebrew Accent Merkha Kefula |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ֦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ֦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD6 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05a6 |