The Shalshelet is one of the marks used in cantillation of the Torah and is one of the rarest used. It is only found four times in the entire Torah, in Genesis 19:16, 24:12, and 39:8, and in Leviticus 8:23. Words accented with the shalshelet mark only occur at the beginning of the verse. The word shalshelet means "chain". This shows the connection of the worlds by the links of a chain. It is rendered musically by a long and elaborate string of notes, giving a strong emphasis to the word on which it occurs.
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