Darga (Hebrew:דַּרְגָּא) is acantillation mark commonly found in theTorah,Haftarah, and other books. The symbol for the darga resembles a backwards Z.^[1]

The darga is a conjunctive (mesharet) wich precedes disjunctives (mafsikim)Tevir,Mercha kefula andRevia, but the cases in which it appears differ dependig on the disjunctive:

• Before a Tevir, the conjunctive is a darga only when there is at least four syllables between the conjunctive and the disjunctive (both included) as in וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים (Genesis 1:4). Otherwise it is aMercha
• When there is two conjunctives before a Revia, the first one is a darga (the second one is aMunach as usual)
• The conjunctive which precedes a mercha kefulah is always a darga

The Aramaic wordדַּרְגָּא translates into English asstep.

The Ashkenazic darga is recited in a fast, downward slope, as follows:

The Sefardic darga is ascending, and the Moroccan darga is descending with a waver in the middle.^[4]

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