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- Geresh (׳‎ in Hebrew: גֶּרֶשׁ‎ or גֵּרֶשׁ‎ [ˈɡeʁeʃ], or medieval [ˈɡeːɾeːʃ]) is a sign in Hebrew writing. It has two meanings. An apostrophe-like sign...
- (example: Genesis 1:1a). Azla Geresh/Geresh "Azla divorced" (if called "azla geresh") or "Expulsion, divorce" (if called just "geresh"). So called because it...
- of the letter and is called a geresh. The pronunciation of the following letters can also be modified with the geresh diacritic. The represented sounds...
- also listed as part of the niqqud system but are not in common use)[*]; geresh and gershayim, two diacritics that are not considered a part of niqqud,...
- Currency until 1980. Its sign is I£, and its abbreviation is ל״י‎. The geresh ⟨׳‎⟩, is the Hebrew equivalent of a period in abbreviations (e.g. abbrev...
- Geresh (Hebrew: גֵּרֵשׁ, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. It is...
- unable to apply the varrica rafe diacritic to a letter, it is replaced by a geresh (׳‎) immediately after the letter as a substitute to effect the same change...
- ARMENIAN APOSTROPHE U+059C ֜ HEBREW ACCENT GERESH U+059D ֝ HEBREW ACCENT GERESH MUQDAM U+05F3 ׳ HEBREW PUNCTUATION GERESH U+1FBD ᾽ GR**** KORONIS U+1FBF ᾿ GR****...
- tav without a dagesh is sometimes /d/.[clarification needed] Tav with a geresh (ת׳‎) is sometimes used in order to represent the TH digraph in loanwords...
- transliteration of Arabic into Hebrew, it is written as צ tsade or ס׳‎ samekh with a geresh. Hebrew spelling: צָדִי or צָדֵי. In Hebrew, the letter's name is tsadi...