The Hebrew Points

Hebrew points (in Hebrew, Niqud) indicate vowels and other details affecting pronunciation. Their use is optional. The table also includes traditional Hebrew punctuation.

The points are only included in the newer character codes: ISO 10646, Unicode, and SI 1311-1.

Name ISO 10646
Unicode
SI 1311-1 UTF-8
Hebrew Point Sheva 05b0/1456 c0/192 d6 b0
Hebrew Point Hataf Segol 05b1/1457 c1/193 d6 b1
Hebrew Point Hataf Patah 05b2/1458 c2/194 d6 b2
Hebrew Point Hataf Qamats 05b3/1459 c3/195 d6 b3
Hebrew Point Hiriq 05b4/1460 c4/196 d6 b4
Hebrew Point Tsere 05b5/1461 c5/197 d6 b5
Hebrew Point Segol 05b6/1462 c6/198 d6 b6
Hebrew Point Patah 05b7/1463 c7/199 d6 b7
Hebrew Point Qamats 05b8/1464 c8/200 d6 b8
Hebrew Point Holam 05b9/1465 c9/201 d6 b9
Hebrew Point Qubuts 05bb/1467 cb/203 d6 bb
Hebrew Point Dagesh or Mapiq or Shuruq 05bc/1468 cc/204 d6 bc
Hebrew Point Meteg 05bd/1469 cd/205 d6 bd
Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf 05be/1470 ce/206 d6 be
Hebrew Point Rafe 05bf/1471 cf/207 d6 bf
Hebrew Punctuation Paseq 05c0/1472 d0/208 d7 80
Hebrew Point Shin Dot 05c1/1473 d1/209 d7 81
Hebrew Point Sin Dot 05c2/1474 d2/210 d7 82
Hebrew Punctuation Sof Pasuq 05c3/1475 d3/211 d7 83
Hebrew Mark Upper Dot 05c4/1476 d4/212 d7 84

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