Pazer

Pazer (Hebrew: פָּזֵר) is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. The pazer is generally followed by a Telisha ketana or gedola; on rare occasions when it is followed by another Pazer.

Pazer
פָּזֵ֡ר‎ ֡‎ וַיֹּֽאמְר֡וּ‎
cantillation
Sof passuk	׃‎		Paseq	׀‎
Etnakhta/atnakh	֑‎		Segol	֒‎
Shalshelet	֓‎		Zakef katan	֔‎
Zakef gadol	֕‎		Tifcha/tarkha	֖‎
Rivia	֗‎		Zarka	֘‎
Pashta	֙‎		Yetiv	֚‎
Tevir	֛‎		Geresh	֜‎
Geresh muqdam [de]	֝‎		Gershayim	֞‎
Karne parah	֟‎		Telisha gedola/talsha	֠‎
Pazer	֡‎		Atnah hafukh [de]	֢‎
Munakh/shofar holekh	֣‎		Mahpach	֤‎
Merkha/ma’arikh	֥‎		Mercha kefula	֦‎
Darga	֧‎		Qadma	֨‎
Telisha qetana/tarsa	֩‎		Yerah ben yomo	֪‎
Ole	֫‎		Illuy	֬‎
Dehi [de]	֭‎		Tsinnorit	֮‎
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The Pazer is used to prolong a word significantly during the reading.^[1] This places strong emphasis on the meaning of the particular word.^[2]

The Hebrew word פָּזֵר translates into English as distribute or disseminate. This relates to the high number of notes in its melody. In a mystical interpretation, it shows the distribution of divinity.^[3]

Total occurrences

Book	Number of appearances
Torah	154[4]
Genesis	29[4]
Exodus	29[4]
Leviticus	27[4]
Numbers	36[4]
Deuteronomy	33[4]
Nevi'im	177[5]
Ketuvim	284[5]

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