[3] Kabbalistic authors have held that this shows the connection of the worlds by the links of a chain.
[4][5] The symbolism of the Shalshelet is that the subject of the story is wrestling with his inner demons and is undergoing some hesitation in his actions.
[6][7] It is rendered musically by a long and elaborate string of notes, giving a strong emphasis to the word on which it occurs.
The Shalshelet mark is said to be used for various purposes: Grammatically it is equivalent to segolta, but is never preceded by a conjunctive accent or a disjunctive of a lower class.
They are:[14] Additionally, the note occurs[citation needed] 39 times in Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.