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The opening as it read in 2025
Sof passuk ׃ Paseq ׀ Etnakhta/atnakh ֑ Segol ֒ Shalshelet ֓ Zakef katan ֔ Zakef gadol ֕ Tifcha/tarkha ֖ Rivia ֗ Zarka ֘ Pashta ֙ Yetiv ֚ Tevir ֛ Geresh ֜ Geresh muqdam [ de ] ֝ Gershayim ֞ Karne parah ֟ Telisha gedola/talsha ֠ Pazer ֡ Atnah hafukh [ de ] ֢ Munakh/shofar holekh ֣ Mahpach ֤ Merkha/ma’arikh ֥ Mercha kefula ֦ Darga ֧ Qadma ֨ Telisha qetana/tarsa ֩ Yerah ben yomo ֪ Ole ֫ Illuy ֬ Dehi [ de ] ֭ Tsinnorit ֮ view talk edit The sof passuk ( Hebrew : סוֹף פָּסוּק , end of verse , also spelled sof pasuq and other variant English spellings. It is preceded by the סילוק silluq in the last word of the verse) is the cantillation mark that occurs on the last word of every verse, or passuk , in the Tanakh . Some short verses contain only members of the sof passuk group. The sof passuk can be preceded by the marks mercha , tipcha , and mercha in that order, including either all or some of these. However, these merchot and tipchot do not necessarily have the same melody as those in the etnachta group. Altogether, there are five possible arrangements how these can appear.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
cantillation Sof passuk ׃ Paseq ׀ Etnakhta/atnakh ֑ Segol ֒ Shalshelet ֓ Zakef katan ֔ Zakef gadol ֕ Tifcha/tarkha ֖ Rivia ֗ Zarka ֘ Pashta ֙ Yetiv ֚ Tevir ֛ Geresh ֜ Geresh muqdam [ de ] ֝ Gershayim ֞ Karne parah ֟ Telisha gedola/talsha ֠ Pazer ֡ Atnah hafukh [ de ] ֢ Munakh/shofar holekh ֣ Mahpach ֤ Merkha/ma’arikh ֥ Mercha kefula ֦ Darga ֧ Qadma ֨ Telisha qetana/tarsa ֩ Yerah ben yomo ֪ Ole ֫ Illuy ֬ Dehi [ de ] ֭ Tsinnorit ֮ view talk edit The Sof passuk (Hebrew: , end of verse , also spelled Sof pasuq and other variant English spellings, and sometimes called סלוק silluq ) is the cantillation mark that occurs on the last word of every verse in the Tanakh . Some short verses contain only members of the sof passuk group. The Sof passuk can be preceded by the marks Mercha , Tipcha , and Mercha in that order, including either all or some of these. However, these Merchas and Tipchas do not have the same melody as those in the Etnachta group. Altogether, there are five possible arrangements how these can appear.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
cantillation Sof passuk ׃ Paseq ׀ Etnakhta/atnakh ֑ Segol ֒ Shalshelet ֓ Zakef katan ֔ Zakef gadol ֕ Tifcha/tarkha ֖ Rivia ֗ Zarka ֘ Pashta ֙ Yetiv ֚ Tevir ֛ Geresh ֜ Geresh muqdam [ de ] ֝ Gershayim ֞ Karne parah ֟ Telisha gedola/talsha ֠ Pazer ֡ Atnah hafukh [ de ] ֢ Munakh/shofar holekh ֣ Mahpach ֤ Merkha/ma’arikh ֥ Mercha kefula ֦ Darga ֧ Qadma ֨ Telisha qetana/tarsa ֩ Yerah ben yomo ֪ Ole ֫ Illuy ֬ Dehi [ de ] ֭ Tsinnorit ֮ view talk edit The Sof passuk (Hebrew: , end of verse , also spelled Sof pasuq and other variant English spellings, and sometimes called סלוק silluq ) is the cantillation mark that occurs on the last word of every verse in the Tanakh . Some short verses contain only members of the sof passuk group. The Sof passuk can be preceded by the marks Mercha , Tipcha , and Mercha in that order, including either all or some of these. However, these Merchas and Tipchas do not necessarily have the same melody as those in the Etnachta group. Altogether, there are five possible arrangements how these can appear.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Hebrew cantillation mark cantillation Sof passuk ׃ Paseq ׀ Etnakhta/atnakh ֑ Segol ֒ Shalshelet ֓ Zakef katan ֔ Zakef gadol ֕ Tifcha/tarkha ֖ Rivia ֗ Zarka ֘ Pashta ֙ Yetiv ֚ Tevir ֛ Geresh ֜ Geresh muqdam [ de ] ֝ Gershayim ֞ Karne parah ֟ Telisha gedola/talsha ֠ Pazer ֡ Atnah hafukh [ de ] ֢ Munakh/shofar holekh ֣ Mahpach ֤ Merkha/ma’arikh ֥ Mercha kefula ֦ Darga ֧ Qadma ֨ Telisha qetana/tarsa ֩ Yerah ben yomo ֪ Ole ֫ Illuy ֬ Dehi [ de ] ֭ Tsinnorit ֮ view talk edit The sof passuk ( Hebrew : סוֹף פָּסוּק , end of verse , also spelled sof pasuq and other variant English spellings, and sometimes called סילוק silluq ) is the cantillation mark that occurs on the last word of every verse, or passuk , in the Tanakh . Some short verses contain only members of the sof passuk group. The sof passuk can be preceded by the marks mercha , tipcha , and mercha in that order, including either all or some of these. However, these merchot and tipchot do not necessarily have the same melody as those in the etnachta group. Altogether, there are five possible arrangements how these can appear.
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Then
cantillation mark that occurs on the last word of every verse in the tanakh
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mark of hebrew cantillation that occurs on the last word of every verse
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