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Two strokes marking a multi-letter short form.
Also known as: Double geresh
The Hebrew mark showing an abbreviation of more than one letter, or a multi-letter numeral.
Marks an abbreviation or numeral of more than one letter.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Placed before the last letter rather than after the whole group, so the mark sits inside the abbreviation it describes — a position no Latin abbreviation mark takes.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Two short strokes slanting to the left, set above the line before the final letter of the group.
One stroke marks a single-letter abbreviation and two mark a multi-letter one.