Every trope mark that appears in the Torah — what each one is called, and what it does to the sentence.
Every mark does two jobs at once. It carries a short melody, and it punctuates: some marks separate — they end a phrase, the way a comma or a full stop would — and others join, binding a word to the one after it.
These end a phrase, listed strongest first: sof pasuk closes the verse, etnachta divides it in half, and the rest subdivide from there.
| Mark | Name | Hebrew | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָ׃ | Sof Pasuk | סוֹף פָּסוּק | End of verse |
| אָ֑ | Etnachta | אֶתְנַחְתָּא | Mid-verse pause |
| אָ֔ | Zakef Katon | זָקֵף קָטָן | Sub-pause |
| אָ֕ | Zakef Gadol | זָקֵף גָּדוֹל | Major disjunctive |
| אָ֒ | Segol | סְגוֹל | Major disjunctive |
| אָ֓ | Shalshelet | שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת | Rare major (chain) |
| אָ֗ | Revia | רְבִיעַ | Major disjunctive |
| אָ֖ | Tipcha | טִפְחָא | Secondary disjunctive |
| אָ֛ | Tevir | תְּבִיר | Secondary disjunctive |
| אָ֮ | Zarka | זַרְקָא | Secondary disjunctive |
| אָ֙ | Pashta | פַּשְׁטָא | Secondary disjunctive |
| אָ֚ | Yetiv | יְתִיב | Secondary disjunctive |
| אָ֜ | Geresh | גֵּרֵשׁ | Minor disjunctive |
| אָ֞ | Gershayim | גֵּרְשַׁיִם | Minor disjunctive |
| אָ֟ | Qarney Para | קַרְנֵי פָרָה | Rare minor |
| אָ֠ | Telisha Gedola | תְּלִישָׁא גְּדוֹלָה | Minor disjunctive |
| אָ֡ | Pazer | פַּזֵר | Minor disjunctive |
| אָ֣׀ | Munach Legarmeh | מוּנַח לְגַרְמֵהּ | Minor disjunctive |
These bind a word to what follows, so the two are read as one breath. They never end a phrase.
| Mark | Name | Hebrew | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָ֣ | Munach | מוּנַח | Conjunctive |
| אָ֤ | Mahapach | מַהְפַּךְ | Conjunctive |
| אָ֥ | Mercha | מֵרְכָא | Conjunctive |
| אָ֦ | Mercha Kefula | מֵרְכָא כְּפוּלָה | Rare conjunctive |
| אָ֧ | Darga | דַּרְגָּא | Conjunctive |
| אָ֨ | Qadma | קַדְמָא | Conjunctive |
| אָ֩ | Telisha Qetana | תְּלִישָׁא קְטַנָּה | Conjunctive |
| אָ֪ | Yerach Ben Yomo | יֶרַח בֶּן יוֹמוֹ | Rare conjunctive |
Building software that reads these marks? Zarka is not the character Unicode names ZARQA, and getting it wrong is silent — the encoding note has the codepoints, the frequencies, and a test.
Marks are shown on the letter א so their position is visible. To hear them in place, open any reading — the groupings are color-coded and tapping a word names its mark. Printable trope chart · How to practice · All Torah readings