Telisha ketana/gedola | |||||||
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cantillation | |||||||
Sof passuk | ׃ | Paseq | ׀ | ||||
Etnakhta/atnakh | ֑ | Segol | ֒ | ||||
Shalshelet | ֓ | Zakef katan | ֔ | ||||
Zakef gadol | ֕ | Tifcha/tarkha | ֖ | ||||
Rivia | ֗ | Zarka | ֘ | ||||
Pashta | ֙ | Yetiv | ֚ | ||||
Tevir | ֛ | Geresh | ֜ | ||||
Geresh muqdam | ֝ | Gershayim | ֞ | ||||
Karne parah | ֟ | Telisha gedola/talsha | ֠ | ||||
Pazer | ֡ | Atnah hafukh | ֢ | ||||
Munakh/shofar holekh | ֣ | Mahpach | ֤ | ||||
Merkha/ma’arikh | ֥ | Mercha kefula | ֦ | ||||
Darga | ֧ | Qadma | ֨ | ||||
Telisha qetana/tarsa | ֩ | Yerah ben yomo | ֪ | ||||
Ole | ֫ | Illuy | ֬ | ||||
Dehi | ֭ | Tsinnorit | ֮ | ||||
Telisha (Hebrew: תְּלִישָא) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. There are two versions of the Telisha: Telisha ketana (תְּלִישָא קְטַנָּה) and Telisha gedola (תְּלִישָא גְּדוֹלָה), the latter of which has a longer melody. The Telisha trope can occur independently or can follow a Pazer or one of several other trope sounds. The Telisha ketana must be followed by a Kadma.[1]
The Hebrew word תְּלִישָא translates into English as detached. This is because they are never linked to the following note as a single phrase. קְטַנָּה refers to little (the shorter note) and גְדוֹלָה to great (the longer note).
The Telisha gedola can be found in the Torah 266 times.[2] The Telisha ketana occurs 451 times.[3]