The trope marks

All 26 te'amim — 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.

Separating marks

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
אָ֘	Zarka	זַרְקָא	Secondary disjunctive
אָ֙	Pashta	פַּשְׁטָא	Secondary disjunctive
אָ֚	Yetiv	יְתִיב	Secondary disjunctive
אָ֜	Geresh	גֵּרֵשׁ	Minor disjunctive
אָ֝	Geresh Muqdam	גֵּרֵשׁ מוּקְדָּם	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

Joining marks

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

Marks are shown on the letter א so their position is visible. To hear them in place, open any reading — the groupings are colour-coded and tapping a word names its mark. How to practice · All Torah readings