U+05A6 "֦" Hebrew Accent Merkha Kefula Unicode Character
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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
Name
Hebrew Accent Merkha Kefula
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hebrew