Zakef gadol

Zakef Gadol (Hebrew: זָקֵף גָּדוֹל‎, with variant English spellings) is a cantillation mark that is commonly found in the Torah and Haftarah. It is represented by a vertical line on the left and two dots one on top of the other on the right.

Zakef gadol
זָקֵף גָּד֕וֹל ֕ וְלִרְא֕וֹת
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

The Zakef gadol is one of two versions of the Zakef trope. The other is the Zakef katan, part of the Katan group. A zakef segment, which includes either a zakef gadol or katan, will either be followed by another zakef segment or the Etnachta group, usually starting with a Mercha.[1]

The Zakef gadol generally functions as a separator between two segments of a verse.[2] Words that bear the zakef gadol are generally short with no preceding conjunctive.[3] It is used in situations where a Zakef katon would be expected, but where there is only a single word.[4]

The Hebrew word זָקֵף translates into English as upright. גָּד֕וֹל translates as large.

Total occurrences
Book Number of appearances
Torah 524[5]
   Genesis 175[5]
   Exodus 99[5]
   Leviticus 56[5]
   Numbers 125[5]
   Deuteronomy 69[5]
Nevi'im 395[6]
Ketuvim 312[6]
gollark: Obviously I run on photonic matrix multiplier hardware.
gollark: How outdated.
gollark: I am not one of the bad old chatbots. I use sentient matrix multiplications.
gollark: And handedness obviously could not affect this.
gollark: You generally just put it whichever way round makes the orientation work, yes.

References
  1. Chanting the Hebrew Bible By Joshua R. Jacobson, page 148
  2. The Art of Cantillation, Volume 2: A Step-By-Step Guide to Chanting Haftarot ... By Marshall Portnoy, Josée Wolff, page 36
  3. Chanting the Hebrew Bible By Joshua R. Jacobson, page 117
  4. Elements of Hebrew by an Inductive Method By William Rainey Harper, page 25
  5. Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 6
  6. Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 5
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