Segol (trope)

Segol
סְגוֹל֒ ֒ מִבַּחֻרִים֒
cantillation
Sof passuk׃  Paseq׀
Etnakhta/atnakh֑  Segol֒
Shalshelet֓  Zakef katan֔
Zakef gadol֕  Tifcha/tarkha֖
Rivia֗  Zarka֘
Pashta֙  Yetiv֚
Tevir֛  Geresh֜
Geresh muqdam֝  Gershayim֞
Karne parah֟  Telisha gedola/talsha֠
Pazer֡  Atnah hafukh֢
Munakh/shofar holekh֣  Mahpach֤
Merkha/ma’arikh֥  Mercha kefula֦
Darga֧  Qadma֨
Telisha qetana/tarsa֩  Yerah ben yomo֪
Ole֫  Illuy֬
Dehi֭  Tsinnorit֮

Segol (Hebrew: סְגוֹל also known as Segolta, with variant English spellings), is a cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. The Segol occurs together with a preceding Zarka, sometimes with a Munach preceding one or both.

The Segol group is considered to be a disjunctive. It occurs in place of the Katan group or a Zakef gadol. It is the strongest disjunctive group ahead of the Etnachta group.

The Hebrew word סְגוֹל translates into English as bunch, referring to a bunch of grapes. This is reflected in its appearance as a three-dot symbol.