Tevir


Tevir 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 are Mercha, Darga, Kadma and Munach. Mercha and Darga are used for the conjunctive which is the closest to the tevir, whereas Kadma and Munach are used for the second one.
The Hebrew word rtl=yes translates into English as broken.

Melody

The Tevir is sung on a low tone, going downward at the beginning and upward at the end.