Hebrew (Unicode block)

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Hebrew

|rangestart = 0590

|rangeend = 05FF

|script1 = Hebrew

|alphabets = Hebrew
Yiddish

|1_0_0 = 52

|1_0_1 = −1

|2_0 = 31

|4_1 = 4

|5_0 = 1

|11_0 = 1

|sources = ISO 8859-8

|note = One character was moved from the Hebrew block to the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode1.0.0/Notice.pdf|title=Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum|work=The Unicode Standard|date=1992-11-03|accessdate=2016-07-09}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}

}}

Hebrew is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, and other Jewish diaspora languages.

Block

{{Unicode chart Hebrew}}

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hebrew block:

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="13" | 1.0.0rowspan="13" width="180" | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4rowspan="13" | 51{{nobr|UTC/1991-053}}{{Citation|title=Hebrew|date=1991-03-26|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC46-draft.txt UTC/1991-048B]}}{{Citation|title=Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple|date=1991-03-27|first=Ken|last=Whistler|section=5) Hebrew}}
N1026{{Citation|title=Liaison Report - Encoding Newsletter|date=April 1994}}
{{nobr|X3L2/94-098}}{{nobr|[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1033.pdf N1033 (pdf],}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1033.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Minutes of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 Meeting 25, Falez Hotel, Antalya, Turkey, 1994-04-18--22|date=1994-06-01|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=8.1.14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03234-whistler-hebrew1.txt L2/03-234]}}{{Citation|title=More on Meteg and CGJ [1]|date=2003-08-05|first=John|last=Hudson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03235-whistler-hebrew2.txt L2/03-235]}}{{Citation|title=More on Meteg and CGJ [2]|date=2003-08-05|first=Ken|last=Whistler}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03236-whistler-hebrew3.txt L2/03-236]}}{{Citation|title=More on Meteg and CGJ [3]|date=2003-08-05|first=Ken|last=Whistler}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03261-keown-hebrew.txt L2/03-261]}}{{Citation|title=E-mail to ANSI regarding Hebrew encoding|date=2003-08-05|first=Elaine|last=Keown}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03297-hebrew-issues.htm L2/03-297]}}{{Citation|title=Hebrew Issues|date=2003-08-24|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04194-kirk-meteg.pdf L2/04-194]}}{{Citation|title=On the Hebrew mark METEG|date=2004-06-05|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04213-rosenne.pdf L2/04-213]}}{{Citation|title=Responses to Several Hebrew Related Items|date=2004-06-07|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06104-konstantinov-hebrew.txt L2/06-104]}}{{Citation|title=Feedback for Unicode 5.0.0: HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF is a Dash-character|date=2006-01-18|first=Ilya|last=Konstantinov}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06108.htm L2/06-108]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #107 Minutes|date=2006-05-25|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=B.14.5, B.11.8}}
rowspan="13" | 2.0rowspan="13" | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4rowspan="13" | 31N1079R{{Citation|title=Hebrew cantillation marks in ISO/IEC 10646-1}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1117.doc N1117]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Minutes of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 Meeting 26, Tuscan Inn - Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA, UAS; 1994-10-10 through 14|date=1994-10-31|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=7.2.2 item f}}
N1079RA{{Citation|title=Summary Proposal Form and Examples}}
N1079R2{{Citation|title=Hebrew cantillation marks in ISO/IEC 10646-1}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1195.DOC N1195]{{Citation|title=Hebrew Cantillation marks}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1203.txt N1203]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva|date=1995-05-03|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=6.1.8}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1217.txt N1217]{{Citation|title=Further clarifications regarding WG2 N1195|date=1995-05-21}}
{{nobr|X3L2/95-090}}{{nobr|[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1253.doc N1253 (doc],}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1253.txt txt]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Minutes of WG 2 Meeting # 28 in Helsinki, Finland; 1995-06-26--27|date=1995-09-09|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=6.4.3}}
N1315{{Citation|title=Updated Table of replies and national body feedback on pDAM7 - Additional characters (SC2 N2656)|date=1996-01-09}}
N1539{{Citation|title=Table of Replies and Feedback on Amendment 7 – Hebrew etc.|date=1997-01-29}}
{{nobr|L2/97-127}}N1563{{Citation|title=Draft Report on JTC1 letter ballot on DAM No. 7 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (33 additional characters)|date=1997-05-27|first=Bruce|last=Paterson}}
N1572{{Citation|title=Almost Final Text – DAM 7 – 33 additional characters|date=1997-06-23|first=Bruce|last=Paterson}}
{{nobr|L2/97-288}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc N1603]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997|date=1997-10-24|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=5.3.3}}
rowspan="14" | 4.1rowspan="2" | U+05A2rowspan="2" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03443-n2692-hebrew-atnah-hafukh.pdf L2/03-443]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2692.pdf N2692]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add ATNAH HAFUKH to the BMP of the UCS|date=2003-12-11|first1=Mark|last1=Shoulson|first2=Peter|last2=Kirk|first3=Michael|last3=Everson|author-link3=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04156.htm L2/04-156R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #99 Minutes|date=2004-08-13|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Atnah Hafukh (A.17.3)}}
rowspan="4" | U+05C5..05C6rowspan="4" | 2{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03297-hebrew-issues.htm L2/03-297]}}{{Citation|title=Hebrew Issues|date=2003-08-24|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03299-hebrew-issues.pdf L2/03-299]}}{{Citation|title=Issues in the Representation of Pointed Hebrew in Unicode|date=2003-08-25|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04089r-n2714-nun-hafukha.pdf L2/04-089R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2714.pdf N2714]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add two Masoretic punctuation marks to the BMP of the UCS|date=2004-03-04|first1=Mark|last1=Shoulson|first2=Peter|last2=Kirk|first3=John|last3=Hudson|first4=Michael|last4=Everson|first5=Peter|last5=Constable}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04156.htm L2/04-156R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #99 Minutes|date=2004-08-13|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Two Hebrew punctuation marks (A.17.4)}}
rowspan="8" | U+05C7rowspan="8" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03297-hebrew-issues.htm L2/03-297]}}{{Citation|title=Hebrew Issues|date=2003-08-24|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04150-n2755-qamats-qatan.pdf L2/04-150]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2755.pdf N2755]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add QAMATS QATAN to the BMP of the UCS|date=2004-05-03|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Mark|last2=Shoulson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04213-rosenne.pdf L2/04-213]}}{{Citation|title=Responses to Several Hebrew Related Items|date=2004-06-07|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2821.pdf N2821]{{Citation|title=Clarification on the name QAMATS QATAN|date=2004-06-21|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Mark|last2=Shoulson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04346-holam-qamats-alloc.html L2/04-346]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to change the provisional code point allocations for proposed characters HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV and HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN|date=2004-08-12|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04156.htm L2/04-156R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #99 Minutes|date=2004-08-13|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=QAMATS QATAN (A.17.5)}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18274-pubrev.html L2/18-274]}}{{Citation|title=Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018)|date=2018-09-14|first=Rick|last=McGowan|section=Identifier_Type of U+05C7 HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18272.htm L2/18-272]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #157 Minutes|date=2018-10-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=157-C17 Consensus|quote=Change the Identifier_Type of U+05C7 HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN from "Obsolete" to "Uncommon_Use Technical" for Unicode version 12.0.}}
rowspan="11" | 5.0rowspan="11" | U+05BArowspan="11" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03297-hebrew-issues.htm L2/03-297]}}{{Citation|title=Hebrew Issues|date=2003-08-24|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04193-kirk-holam.pdf L2/04-193]}}{{Citation|title=On the Hebrew vowel HOLAM|date=2004-06-05|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04213-rosenne.pdf L2/04-213]}}{{Citation|title=Responses to Several Hebrew Related Items|date=2004-06-07|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04306-kirk-holam-bg.pdf L2/04-306]}}{{Citation|title=Background material for the proposal on the Hebrew vowel HOLAM|date=2004-07-29|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04307-kirk-holam.pdf L2/04-307]}}{{Citation|title=New proposal on the Hebrew vowel HOLAM|date=2004-07-29|first1=Peter|last1=Kirk|first2=Avi|last2=Shmidman|first3=John|last3=Cowan|author-link3=John W. Cowan|first4=Ted|last4=Hopp|first5=Trevor|last5=Peterson|first6=Kirk|last6=Lowery|first7=Elaine|last7=Keown|first8=Stuart|last8=Robertson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04310-n2840-holam-haser.pdf L2/04-310]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2840.pdf N2840]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV to the BMP of the UCS|date=2004-07-29|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Mark|last2=Shoulson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04313-holam-haser.pdf L2/04-313]}}{{Citation|title=Response to "Proposal to add HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV"|date=2004-08-02|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04326-rosenne-holam.html L2/04-326]}}{{Citation|title=UTC - Holam proposals|date=2004-08-02|first=Jony|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04327-hudson-halam.txt L2/04-327]}}{{Citation|title=Distinction of Vav Haluma and Holam Male|date=2004-08-03|first=John|last=Hudson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04346-holam-qamats-alloc.html L2/04-346]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to change the provisional code point allocations for proposed characters HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV and HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN|date=2004-08-12|first=Peter|last=Kirk}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04344-n2844.pdf L2/04-344]}}{{Citation|title=Disunification costs regarding HOLAM and VAV in Hebrew|date=2004-08-18|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Mark|last2=Shoulson}}
rowspan="8" | 11.0rowspan="8" | U+05EFrowspan="8" | 1{{nobr|[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1740/n1740.htm N1740 (html],}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1740w97.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Proposal to add the Hebrew Tetragrammaton to ISO/IEC 10646|date=1998-05-09|first1=Mark|last1=Shoulson|first2=Michael|last2=Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1807.pdf N1807 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1807w97.doc doc], [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1807.txt txt]){{Citation|title=Israeli Response to the Tetragrammaton Proposal N1740|date=1998-07-07|first=Jonathan|last=Rosenne}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15092-hebew-nomina-sacra.pdf L2/15-092]}}{{Citation|title=Typographic Concerns and the Hebrew Nomina Sacra|date=2015-03-10|first=Mark|last=Shoulson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15149-script-rec.pdf L2/15-149]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals|date=2015-05-03|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Rick|last3=McGowan|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Anshuman|last5=Pandey|first6=Andrew|last6=Glass|section=24 Hebrew Nomina Sacra}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15204-script-recs.pdf L2/15-204]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals|date=2015-07-25|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=14. Hebrew Nomina Sacra}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16305-yod-triangle.pdf L2/16-305]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4807-yod-triangle.pdf N4807]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add HEBREW YOD TRIANGLE|date=2016-10-28|first=Mark|last=Shoulson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17037-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/17-037]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-01-21|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Andrew|last4=Glass|first5=Laurențiu|last5=Iancu|first6=Lisa|last6=Moore|first7=Hai|last7=Liang|first8=Richard|last8=Ishida|first9=Karan|last9=Misra|first10=Rick|last10=McGowan|section=16. Hebrew}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17016.htm L2/17-016]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #150 Minutes|date=2017-02-08|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.12}}
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