I. MAQQĒPH (מַקֵּף “binding”) A maqqēph is a short horizontal stroke (־) used to join together two or more words within a verse. These words are then seen as one unit and the accent for the whole unit will be on the final word in the unit. Example: כֹּל “all” becomes כָּל as in כָּל־הַיּוֹם These words are then said to be “in construct” and are seen as a complete unit. Thus the vowels that were long and were originally accented are no longer accented and thus must