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Unicode Entity Codes for the Hebrew Script

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Use these codes if you need to insert a word or short phrase within a multilingual text. Go to the About the Codes section to see how they are implemented.

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  1. Hebrew & Yiddish Consonants
  2. Accents, Points and Punctuation
  3. About the Codes

These charts show basic characters only. Check the latest Unicode charts to look for any additions to this block.

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Hebrew & Yiddish Consonants

Character Name Character Entity Hex Entity
HEBREW LETTER ALEF א א
HEBREW LETTER BET ב ב
HEBREW LETTER GIMEL ג ג
HEBREW LETTER DALET ד ד
HEBREW LETTER HE ה ה
HEBREW LETTER VAV ו ו
HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN ז ז
HEBREW LETTER HET ח ח
HEBREW LETTER TET ט ט
HEBREW LETTER YOD י י
HEBREW LETTER FINAL KAF ך ך
HEBREW LETTER KAF כ כ
HEBREW LETTER LAMED ל ל
HEBREW LETTER FINAL MEM ם ם
HEBREW LETTER MEM מ מ
HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN ן ן
HEBREW LETTER NUN נ נ
HEBREW LETTER SAMEKH ס ס
HEBREW LETTER AYIN ע ע
HEBREW LETTER FINAL PE ף ף
HEBREW LETTER PE פ פ
HEBREW LETTER FINAL TSADI ץ ץ
HEBREW LETTER TSADI צ צ
HEBREW LETTER QOF ק ק
HEBREW LETTER RESH ר ר
HEBREW LETTER SHIN ש ש
HEBREW LETTER TAV ת ת
HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH DOUBLE VAV װ װ
HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH VAV YOD ױ ױ
HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH DOUBLE YOD ײ ײ

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Accents, Points and Punctuation

Note: When codes for combining accents and points are inputted, they are placed on the adjacent letter. Characters are shown combined with beth (ב).

Character Name Character Entity Hex Entity
HEBREW ACCENT ETNAHTAב֑֑
HEBREW ACCENT SEGOLב֒֒
HEBREW ACCENT SHALSHELETב֓֓
HEBREW ACCENT ZAQEF QATANב֔֔
HEBREW ACCENT ZAQEF GADOLב֕֕
HEBREW ACCENT TIPEHAב֖֖
HEBREW ACCENT REVIAב֗֗
HEBREW ACCENT ZARQAב֘֘
HEBREW ACCENT PASHTAב֙֙
HEBREW ACCENT YETIVב֚֚
HEBREW ACCENT TEVIRב֛֛
HEBREW ACCENT GERESHב֜֜
HEBREW ACCENT GERESH MUQDAMב֝֝
HEBREW ACCENT GERSHAYIMב֞֞
HEBREW ACCENT QARNEY PARAב֟֟
HEBREW ACCENT TELISHA GEDOLAב֠֠
HEBREW ACCENT PAZERב֡֡
HEBREW ACCENT MUNAHב֣֣
HEBREW ACCENT MAHAPAKHב֤֤
HEBREW ACCENT MERKHAב֥֥
HEBREW ACCENT MERKHA KEFULAב֦֦
HEBREW ACCENT DARGAב֧֧
HEBREW ACCENT QADMAב֨֨
HEBREW ACCENT TELISHA QETANAב֩֩
HEBREW ACCENT YERAH BEN YOMOב֪֪
HEBREW ACCENT OLEב֫֫
HEBREW ACCENT ILUYב֬֬
HEBREW ACCENT DEHIב֭֭
HEBREW ACCENT ZINORב֮֮
HEBREW MARK MASORA CIRCLEב֯֯
HEBREW POINT SHEVAבְְ
HEBREW POINT HATAF SEGOLבֱֱ
HEBREW POINT HATAF PATAHבֲֲ
HEBREW POINT HATAF QAMATSבֳֳ
HEBREW POINT HIRIQבִִ
HEBREW POINT TSEREבֵֵ
HEBREW POINT SEGOLבֶֶ
HEBREW POINT PATAHבַַ
HEBREW POINT QAMATSבָָ
HEBREW POINT HOLAMבֹֹ
HEBREW POINT QUBUTSבֻֻ
HEBREW POINT DAGESH OR MAPIQ (or shuruq)בּּ
HEBREW POINT METEGבֽֽ
HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF־־
HEBREW POINT RAFEבֿֿ
HEBREW PUNCTUATION PASEQ׀׀
HEBREW POINT SHIN DOTבׁׁ
HEBREW POINT SIN DOTבׂׂ
HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ׃ ׃
HEBREW MARK UPPER DOTׄאׄ
HEBREW PUNCTUATION GERESH׳׳
HEBREW PUNCTUATION GERSHAYIM״״

 

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About The Codes

Use these codes if you need to insert a word or short phrase within a multilingual text.

Declare Unicode Encoding

The codes listed below are valid for Unicode HTML pages only, and may not work on very old browsers. To make your page a Unicode page, add the following meta tag to the <head> portion of your document.

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
...
<head>

If you forget to include this tag, then some browsers, such as Netscape 4.7, may not display the characters properly.

XHTML

The final close slash must be included after the finat quote mark in the encoding header tag if you are using XHTML

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
...
<head>

No Encoding Declared

If no encoding is declared, then the browser uses the default setting, which in the U.S. is typically Latin-1. In that case many Unicode characters could be displayed incorrectly. Also, older browsers such as Netscape 4.7 may not be able to process the entity codes correctly without the "utf-8" declaration.

Using the Entity Codes

The Unicode numeric entity codes can be expressed as either decimal numbers or hexadecimal numbers. To input right-to-left text in Unicode, type the entity codes in "normal" sequential order and the browser will automatically display characters in right to left order.

For instance, the decimal version of the Hebrew [ʕBRYT] עברית would be:
&#1506;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497;&#05EA;

The hexadecimal of Hebrew version of the Hebrew [ʕBRYT] עברית would be:
&#x05E1;&#x05D1;&#x1512;&#1497;&#1514;
Note that the hexadecimal numbers include x as part of the code.

Combining Characters

When codes for combining characters are inputted, they are placed on the adjacent letter.

Windows Word 2003 Alt Codes

Use ALT plus the decimal version of any code to input it into a Windows document.

Note: These work only in Word 2003 for Windows XP. Users with other software or versions of Windows may wish to use the Character Map instead.

OS X Option Codes

If an application supports the Unicode Hex input Keyboard, then use Option plus the hexadecimal number.

Applications which support the Unicode Hex Input include Microsoft Offce 2004, Text Edit, Netscape 7/Mozilla Composer and Dreamweaver MX 2004.

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Unicode character names and hexadecimal entity codes are taken from the public Unicode Character Charts.
Last Modified: Monday, 14-Apr-2008 15:59:02 EDT