Tevir (, with variant English spellings including T'vir and Tebir) is a cantillation mark commonly found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other Hebrew biblical books. It replaces a Pashta when the Zakef Katan turned into Tifcha.
Its conjunctives (mesharet) are Mercha, Darga, Kadma and Munach. Mercha and Darga are used for the conjunctive which is the closest to the tevir (Darga when there is two syllables or more between them, Mercha otherwise), whereas Kadma and Munach are used for the second one (Munach when the word is stressed in its first syllable, Kadma otherwise).
The Hebrew word translates into English as broken.
Total occurrences BookNumber of appearancesTorah2678Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 6 Genesis623 Exodus585 Leviticus417 Numbers576 Deuteronomy477Nevi'im1837Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Concordance ..., Volume 1 By James D. Price, page 5Ketuvim1329
Melody The Tevir is sung on a low tone, going downward at the beginning and upward at the end.
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