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Gershayim (, without niqqud גרשיים), also occasionally
grashayim (), Compare הוּא שִׂרְטֵט עַיִן "he sketched an
eye" with הוּא שִׂרְטֵט עַיִ״ן "he sketched an
ayin".
To indicate Hebrew word roots. For example: the root of תַּשְׁבֵּצִים "crossword puzzles" is שב״צ (); the root of לְהַטּוֹת "to tilt, to conjugate" is נט״ה (); and the root of הִסְתַּנְכְּרְנוּת "becoming synchronized" is סנכר״נ (s–n–k–r–n).
In older texts, to indicate the transliteration of a foreign word. This use corresponds to English's use of italics. For example: in printed works of Rashi, the town of Rashi's birth, Troyes, is spelled טרוי״ש.
Cantillation mark
Gershayim is the name of a disjunctive
cantillation accent in the
Tanakh - . It is placed above the stressed syllable, as in וַיִּקַּ֞ח (Genesis 22:3).
Computer encoding
Most keyboards do not have a key for the gershayim. As a result, a
quotation mark is often substituted for it.
See also
Hebrew acronyms
Geresh
Hebrew punctuation
Hebrew diacritics
Hebrew numerals
Hebrew alphabet
References
Category:Hebrew diacritics
Category:Hebrew alphabet
Category:Punctuation
Category:Typography
