Tevir

Tevir (Hebrew: תְּבִיר, 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 תְּבִיר translates into English as broken.

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