Cantillation / Ta'amim · Reading the Verse: Ta'amim
Pashta
RH-107HebrewMasoretic prose and poetic cantillation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
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Transliterationpashta
Plain meaninga disjunctive accent
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Pashta
Pashta is a separating accent whose mark commonly appears toward the left edge of the accented word, with typographic details depending on the text. It belongs to the phrase hierarchy and is not simply decorative punctuation.
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