Geresh is a mark, <׳> that may be used as a diacritic, as a punctuation mark for initialisms, or as a marker of Hebrew numerals. It is also used in cantillation.
As a diacritic, the geresh is combined with the following consonants:
| letter | value | with geresh |
value | usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ג | ג׳ | slang and loanwords (phonologically native sounds) |
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| ז | ז׳ | |||
| צ | צ׳ | |||
| ו | ו׳ | |||
| ד | ד׳ | For transliteration of sounds in foreign languages (non-native sounds, i.e. sounds foreign to Hebrew phonology). |
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| ח | ח׳ | |||
| ס | ס׳ | |||
| ע | ע׳ | |||
| ר | ר׳ | |||
| ת | ת׳ |
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