Zeire

Zeire (also spelled Tsere, Tzeirei, Zere, Ṣerî, Ṣerê etc.; Hebrew: צֵירֵי, sometimes צירה) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by two dots "ֵ" underneath a letter. In modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme /e/ which is the same as the "e" sound in sell and is transliterated as an "e". In modern Hebrew, zeire is pronounced the same as segol, although they were distinct in Tiberian Hebrew.