Torah trope chart

Every trope mark that appears in the Torah, on one page, ordered from the mark that ends a verse down to the ones that join two words together. Made to be printed and kept beside you while you practice.

Verse dividers

These two carry the largest breaks. Every verse ends with a sof pasuk, and almost every verse is split in half by an etnachta.

אָ׃Sof Pasukסוֹף פָּסוּקEnd of verse
אָ֑EtnachtaאֶתְנַחְתָּאMid-verse pause

Major separators

The strongest breaks inside each half of the verse — the marks that decide how a long verse is carved up.

אָ֔Zakef Katonזָקֵף קָטָןSub-pause
אָ֕Zakef Gadolזָקֵף גָּדוֹלMajor disjunctive
אָ֒SegolסְגוֹלMajor disjunctive
אָ֓ShalsheletשַׁלְשֶׁלֶתRare major (chain)
אָ֗ReviaרְבִיעַMajor disjunctive

Secondary separators

Smaller breaks. Tipcha is the one you will meet most often: it usually falls just before an etnachta or a sof pasuk.

אָ֖TipchaטִפְחָאSecondary disjunctive
אָ֛TevirתְּבִירSecondary disjunctive
אָ֮ZarkaזַרְקָאSecondary disjunctive
אָ֙PashtaפַּשְׁטָאSecondary disjunctive
אָ֚YetivיְתִיבSecondary disjunctive

Minor separators

The finest breaks. Qarney para is the rarest mark on this chart — it appears only a handful of times in the whole Torah.

אָ֜GereshגֵּרֵשׁMinor disjunctive
אָ֞GershayimגֵּרְשַׁיִםMinor disjunctive
אָ֟Qarney Paraקַרְנֵי פָרָהRare minor
אָ֠Telisha Gedolaתְּלִישָׁא גְּדוֹלָהMinor disjunctive
אָ֡PazerפַּזֵרMinor disjunctive
אָ֣׀Munach Legarmehמוּנַח לְגַרְמֵהּMinor disjunctive

Joiners

These never end a phrase. Each binds its word to the one after it, so the two are chanted as a single breath. Mercha kefula and yerach ben yomo are rare; the rest are everyday marks.

אָ֣MunachמוּנַחConjunctive
אָ֤MahapachמַהְפַּךְConjunctive
אָ֥MerchaמֵרְכָאConjunctive
אָ֦Mercha Kefulaמֵרְכָא כְּפוּלָהRare conjunctive
אָ֧DargaדַּרְגָּאConjunctive
אָ֨QadmaקַדְמָאConjunctive
אָ֩Telisha Qetanaתְּלִישָׁא קְטַנָּהConjunctive
אָ֪Yerach Ben Yomoיֶרַח בֶּן יוֹמוֹRare conjunctive

Each mark is printed on the letter א so you can see where it sits — above, below, or beside the letter is part of how you tell them apart. A few marks look identical in isolation and are told apart by position alone.

How to use it

The order is the point. The chart runs strongest to weakest. Knowing whether a mark separates or joins — and how hard it separates — tells you where the sentence breathes, which is worth more early on than knowing its tune.

The color matches the screen. Where a mark has a color swatch, that is the color a phrase ending in it takes when you switch Trope colors on in a reading. The paper and the screen agree.

Then go and hear them. A chart cannot teach a melody. Open any reading, turn the colors on, and tap a word to hear its phrase and see the mark named.

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