U+05A7 "֧" Hebrew Accent Darga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+05A7 "֧" Hebrew Accent Darga is a cantillation mark used in the Masoretic system for chanting and reading biblical Hebrew texts, specifically appearing above or below a Hebrew letter to indicate a specific melodic pattern or phrasing in the Torah and other scriptures. As a conjunctive accent, the Darga typically connects words or syllables in a melodic sequence without causing a major pause, helping to maintain the flow of the text during recitation. This accent is part of the larger set of te'amim that convey both musical and syntactic information in the traditional Jewish liturgical context.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05A7 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hebrew Accent Darga |
| 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 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05A7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005A7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05a7 |