last letter of the initialism. For example: the title גְּבֶרֶת (literally "lady") is abbreviated גב׳, equivalent to English "Mrs" and "Ms". Denoting a numeral A Geresh can be appended after (left of) a single letter to indicate that the letter represents a Hebrew numeral. For example: ק׳‎ represents 100. A multi-digit Hebrew numeral is indicated by the Gershayim . Cantillation mark As a note of cantillation in the reading of the Torah, the Geresh is printed above the accented letter: ב֜. The (lit. 'a Geresh made earlier'), a variant cantillation mark, is also printed above the accented letter, but slightly before (i.e. more to the right of) the position of the normal Geresh: ב֝. As a cantillation mark it is also called ()‎. Computer encoding Most keyboards do not have a key for the geresh. As a result, an apostrophe ( ', Unicode U+0027) is often substituted for it. See also Gershayim Hebraization of English Hebrew alphabet Hebrew numerals References Hebrew diacritics Punctuation