| The solitary is either | between two words, ב׀ב, termed pesick, or musical pause, and terminating a song. | |
| or under a word, | Metheg, בֽ or bridle, an euphonic accent at the beginning of a word. | |
| Royal silluk, בֽ, end, which is placed before [׃], sophpasuk, i.e. toward the end. | ||
| With points, namely, | two, above the letter, royal zakeph gadhol, ב֕, the great elevator, strains the sound. |
| one, below the letter, royal tebhir, ב֛, broken sound, from its figure and tone. |
Inclined lines hang either above or below.
| Above, toward | the right | Leader pashta, ב֙, extension, extends the voice or sound, and is placed above the last letter of the word. |
| Subservient kadma, ב֨, antecedent, to the leader geresh; and is placed above the penult or antepenult letter. | ||
| the left | Leader geresh, ב֜, expulsion, is sung with an impelled voice. | |
| Gereshajim, ב֞, two expellers, from the figure being doubled. | ||
| Below, toward | the right | Leader tiphcha, ב֖, fatigue, from the song or note. |
| the left | Of subservient merca, ב֥, lengthening out, from its lengthening out the song or note. | |
| Merca kephula, ב֦, a double lengthening out, from its music and figure. |
The transverse line is either right or curved: thus, ־ ֮ .
The right line is placed between two words, connecting them together, thus, ב־ב, and is called maccaph, i.e. connection.
The curved or waved line, ב֮, is called leader, zarka, or the disperser, from its modulation and figure.
Circles are either entire or semi.
The entire circle is placed always above, and has a small inclined line attached to it.