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Mercha kefula (, with variant English spellings) is a rare cantillation mark that occurs 5 times in the Torah (once in Genesis, once in Exodus, once in Leviticus, and twice in Numbers) and once in the Haftarah (for Behaalotecha and for the intermediate Shabbat for Chanukah, in the Book of Zechariah.)
The Hebrew words מֵרְכָא כְּפוּלָה translate into English as double mercha. This name is given since the mark that is used appears like two merchas.
It also occurs in the Haftarah at , read on the (first, if there are two) Shabbat for Chanukah and for Parashat Behaalotecha.
| Torah | 5Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 6 |
| Genesis | 1 |
| Exodus | 1 |
| Leviticus | 1 |
| Numbers | 2 |
| Deuteronomy | 0 |
| Nevi'im | 3Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 5 |
| Ketuvim | 4 |
The Merkha kefulah note occurs a total of 14 times according to the Leningrad Codex. They are:Weisberg, David. “The Rare Accents of the Twenty-One Books.” The Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. 56, no. 4, ser. 2, 1966, pp. 320-321
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