Tsinnorit

Tsinnorit (Hebrew צִנּוֹרִת֘) is a cantillation mark in the Hebrew Bible, found at the 3 poetic books, also known as the א״מת books (Job or אִיוֹב in Hebrew, Proverbs or מִשְלֵי, and Psalms or תְהִלִּים). It looks like a 90-degrees rotated, inverted S, placed on top of a Hebrew consonant. Tsinnorit is very similar in shape to Zarka (called tsinnor in the poetic books), but is used differently. It is always combined with a second mark to form a conjunctive symbol:[1]

  • Tsinnorit combines with (merkha to form merkha metsunneret, a rare variant of merkha that serves mainly sof pasuq.
  • Tsinnorit combines with mahapakh to form mehuppakh metsunnar, also a rare mark, variant of mahapakh that serves mainly azla legarmeh but appears also in the other contexts where mahapakh and illuy appear.
tsinnorit
צִנּוֹרִת֘‎ ֘‎ רָ֘עֵ֤ב‎
cantillation
Sof passuk׃‎  paseq׀‎
etnachta֑‎  segol֒‎
shalshelet֓‎  zaqef qatan֔‎
zaqef gadol֕‎  tifcha֖‎
rivia֗‎  zarqa֘‎
pashta֙‎  yetiv֚‎
tevir֛‎  geresh֜‎
geresh muqdam֝‎  gershayim֞‎
qarney para֟‎  telisha gedola֠‎
pazer֡‎  atnah hafukh֢‎
munach֣‎  mahapakh֤‎
merkha֥‎  merkha kefula֦‎
darga֧‎  qadma֨‎
telisha qetana֩‎  yerah ben yomo֪‎
ole֫‎  illuy֬‎
dehi֭‎  zinor֮‎

This mark has been wrongly named by Unicode.[2][3] Zarqa/tsinnor corresponds to Unicode "Hebrew accent zinor", code point U+05AE (where "zinor" is a misspelled form for tsinnor), while tsinnorit maps to "Hebrew accent zarqa", code point U+0598.

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