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A vertical stroke separating two words.
Also known as: Legarmeh separator, Hebrew separating stroke
The Hebrew mark separating two words that would otherwise be read together, written as a vertical stroke.
Separates two words that would otherwise be read together in a Hebrew biblical text.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Has a disputed range of functions in the scholarly literature, several distinct uses having been proposed for one mark, and no single account is settled.
The scholarly literature proposes several distinct functions for the paseq — marking a pause, separating identical adjacent words, flagging a textual variant, and others — and does not agree on which are genuine or whether one mark serves all of them. The record states that the disagreement exists rather than adopting any of the proposed readings.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A short vertical stroke drawn between two words, taller than the letters either side of it.