Geresh
גֵּ֜רֵשׁ‎ ֜‎ מָנ֜וֹחַ‎
גֵּ֜רֵשׁ‎֜‎מָנ֜וֹחַ‎
cantillation
Sof passuk׃‎Paseq׀‎
Etnakhta/atnakh֑‎Segol֒‎
Shalshelet֓‎Zakef katan֔‎
Zakef gadol֕‎Tifcha/tarkha֖‎
Rivia֗‎Zarka֘‎
Pashta֙‎Yetiv֚‎
Tevir֛‎Geresh֜‎
Geresh muqdam[de]֝‎Gershayim֞‎
Karne parah֟‎Telisha gedola/talsha֠‎
Pazer֡‎Atnah hafukh[de]֢‎
Munakh/shofar holekh֣‎Mahpach֤‎
Merkha/ma’arikh֥‎Mercha kefula֦‎
Darga֧‎Qadma֨‎
Telisha qetana/tarsa֩‎Yerah ben yomo֪‎
Ole֫‎Illuy֬‎
Dehi[de]֭‎Tsinnorit֮‎
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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 most often found together with the Kadma, in which case the pair is known as Kadma-V'Azla, but it can also be found independently, in which case it is referred to as Azla Geresh or simply as Geresh.

The Geresh occurs 1733 times in the Torah in the Kadma-V'Azla pair, and 1112 times separately.

The Hebrew word גֵּרֵשׁ translates into English as driving out.

Total occurrences

BookGereshAzla
Torah11121733
Genesis244427
Exodus228373
Leviticus175307
Numbers223393
Deuteronomy242413
Nevi'im9571492
Ketuvim7801240

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