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| פַּרְדֵּ״ס |
| וּרְד֞וּ |
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| "פַּרְדֵּ״ס", "וּרְד֞וּ" |
Gershayim (, without niqqud גרשיים), also occasionally grashayim[.] (גְּרָשַׁיִם), can refer to either of two distinct Typography marks in the Hebrew language. The name means "double geresh".
Punctuation mark
Gershayim most commonly refers to the
punctuation mark . It is always written before the last letter of the non-inflected form of a word or numeral. It is used in the following ways:
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To indicate Hebrew abbreviations.
[ Hebrew punctuation guidelines, § 31, Academy of the Hebrew Language ] For example: דּוּ״חַ (singular), דּוּ״חוֹת (plural), "report" represents דין וחשבון; and מ״כ (masculine), מַ״כִּית (feminine), "squad commander" represents מפקד(ת) כיתה.
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To indicate a multi-digit Hebrew numerals. For example: י״ח represents 18.
[ ff.]
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To indicate the names of Hebrew letters, differentiating them from any .
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To indicate Hebrew Semitic root.
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In older texts, to indicate the transliteration of a foreign word. This use corresponds to the English language's use of italic type. For example, in printed works of Rashi, the town of Rashi's birth, Troyes, is spelled .
Cantillation mark
Gershayim is a disjunctive cantillation accent in the
Hebrew Bible: ◌֞. It is placed above the stressed syllable, as in , in Genesis 22:3.
Computer encoding
Most keyboards do not have a key for the gershayim punctuation; as a result, a
quotation mark is often substituted for it. The cantillation accent however is generally not typed, as it plays a completely different role and can occur in the middle of words (it does not mark any word separation), or marked using a different interlinear notation if needed (such as superscripts or other notational symbols).
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| ״ | U+05F4 | Hebrew Punctuation Gershayim |
| ֞ | U+059E | Hebrew Accent Gershayim |
See also
