Geresh (׳ in Hebrew: גֶּרֶשׁ or גֵּרֶשׁ [ˈɡeʁeʃ], or medieval [ˈɡeːɾeːʃ]) is a sign in Hebrew writing. It has two meanings. 1. * An apostrophe-like sign (also known colloquially as a chupchik) placed after a letter: 2. * as a diacritic that modifies the pronunciation of some letters (only in modern Hebrew), 3. * as a diacritic that signifies Yiddish origin of a word or suffix, 4. * as a punctuation mark to denote initialisms or abbreviations, 5. * or to denote a single-digit Hebrew numeral 6. * A note of cantillation in the reading of the Torah and other Biblical books, taking the form of a curved diagonal stroke placed above a letter.