Lev. 8:23), was introduced for the sake of conformity with the pausal Shalshéleth of the three Books36. 5. זָקֵ֔ף, זַקְפָ֕א. Doubtless derived its name from the ‘upright’ finger employed, in the teaching of the cantillation, to mark it. Comp. Ben-Asher (Dikd. hat., p. 18), מיוחד באצבע זקף. Why two points—instead of an upright line, as we should have expected—were chosen as its sign, has been explained under S’gôlta. But the upright line was not lost sight of, as we shall see immediately. Zaqeph