U+05AE "֮" Hebrew Accent Zinor Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+05AE "֮" Hebrew Accent Zinor is a cantillation mark used in biblical Hebrew texts to indicate a specific musical and syntactic pattern for recitation, primarily serving as a conjunctive accent that links words together within a verse. Unlike disjunctive accents that create pauses, the Zinor signals that the word it marks should be chanted in close connection with the following word, often accompanying a longer note or melodic flourish in the Masoretic tradition. Its glyph resembles a small, inverted arc or crescent placed above the consonant, and while it is less common than other accents, it appears in the Torah and other books of the Hebrew Bible, contributing to the intricate system of te'amim that preserves both pronunciation and liturgical melody.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
֮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
֮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xD6 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x05AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000005AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u05ae |
Unicode Properties