# Hebrew (Unicode block)

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

## Block

Hebrew Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| U+059x | | ֑ ‎ | ֒ ‎ | ֓ ‎ | ֔ ‎ | ֕ ‎ | ֖ ‎ | ֗ ‎ | ֘ ‎ | ֙ ‎ | ֚ ‎ | ֛ ‎ | ֜ ‎ | ֝ ‎ | ֞ ‎ | ֟ ‎ |
| U+05Ax | ֠ ‎ | ֡ ‎ | ֢ ‎ | ֣ ‎ | ֤ ‎ | ֥ ‎ | ֦ ‎ | ֧ ‎ | ֨ ‎ | ֩ ‎ | ֪ ‎ | ֫ ‎ | ֬ ‎ | ֭ ‎ | ֮ ‎ | ֯ ‎ |
| U+05Bx | ְ ‎ | ֱ ‎ | ֲ ‎ | ֳ ‎ | ִ ‎ | ֵ ‎ | ֶ ‎ | ַ ‎ | ָ ‎ | ֹ ‎ | ֺ ‎ | ֻ ‎ | ּ ‎ | ֽ ‎ | ־‎ | ֿ ‎ |
| U+05Cx | ׀‎ | ׁ ‎ | ׂ ‎ | ׃‎ | ׄ ‎ | ׅ ‎ | ׆‎ | ׇ ‎ | | | | | | | | |
| U+05Dx | א‎ | ב‎ | ג‎ | ד‎ | ה‎ | ו‎ | ז‎ | ח‎ | ט‎ | י‎ | ך‎ | כ‎ | ל‎ | ם‎ | מ‎ | ן‎ |
| U+05Ex | נ‎ | ס‎ | ע‎ | ף‎ | פ‎ | ץ‎ | צ‎ | ק‎ | ר‎ | ש‎ | ת‎ | | | | | ׯ‎ |
| U+05Fx | װ‎ | ױ‎ | ײ‎ | ׳‎ | ״‎ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points |||||||||||||||||

## History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hebrew block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | UTC ID | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | UTC/1991-053 | | | Rosenne, Jony (1991-03-26), Hebrew |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | UTC/1991-048B | | | Whistler, Ken (1991-03-27), "5) Hebrew", Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | | N1026 | Liaison Report - Encoding Newsletter, April 1994 |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | X3L2/94-098 | N1033 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1994-06-01), "8.1.14", Unconfirmed Minutes of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 Meeting 25, Falez Hotel, Antalya, Turkey, 1994-04-18--22 |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/03-234 | | Hudson, John (2003-08-05), More on Meteg and CGJ [1] |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/03-235 | | Whistler, Ken (2003-08-05), More on Meteg and CGJ [2] |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/03-236 | | Whistler, Ken (2003-08-05), More on Meteg and CGJ [3] |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/03-261 | | Keown, Elaine (2003-08-05), E-mail to ANSI regarding Hebrew encoding |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/03-297 | | Rosenne, Jony (2003-08-24), Hebrew Issues |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/04-194 | | Kirk, Peter (2004-06-05), On the Hebrew mark METEG |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/04-213 | | Rosenne, Jony (2004-06-07), Responses to Several Hebrew Related Items |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/06-104 | | Konstantinov, Ilya (2006-01-18), Feedback for Unicode 5.0.0: HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF is a Dash-character |
| 1.0.0 | U+05B0..05B9, 05BB..05C3, 05D0..05EA, 05F0..05F4 | 51 | | L2/06-108 | | Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "B.14.5, B.11.8", UTC #107 Minutes |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1079R | Hebrew cantillation marks in ISO/IEC 10646-1 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1117 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1994-10-31), "7.2.2 item f", 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 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1079RA | Summary Proposal Form and Examples |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1079R2 | Hebrew cantillation marks in ISO/IEC 10646-1 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1195 | Hebrew Cantillation marks |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1203 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.8", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1217 | Further clarifications regarding WG2 N1195, 1995-05-21 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | X3L2/95-090 | N1253 (doc, txt) | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-09-09), "6.4.3", Unconfirmed Minutes of WG 2 Meeting # 28 in Helsinki, Finland; 1995-06-26--27 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1315 | Updated Table of replies and national body feedback on pDAM7 - Additional characters (SC2 N2656), 1996-01-09 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1539 | Table of Replies and Feedback on Amendment 7 – Hebrew etc., 1997-01-29 |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | L2/97-127 | N1563 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-27), Draft Report on JTC1 letter ballot on DAM No. 7 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (33 additional characters) |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | | N1572 | Paterson, Bruce (1997-06-23), Almost Final Text – DAM 7 – 33 additional characters |
| 2.0 | U+0591..05A1, 05A3..05AF, 05C4 | 31 | | L2/97-288 | N1603 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "5.3.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997 |
| 4.1 | U+05A2 | 1 | | L2/03-443 | N2692 | Shoulson, Mark; Kirk, Peter; Everson, Michael (2003-12-11), Proposal to add ATNAH HAFUKH to the BMP of the UCS |
| 4.1 | U+05A2 | 1 | | L2/04-156R2 | | Moore, Lisa (2004-08-13), "Atnah Hafukh (A.17.3)", UTC #99 Minutes |
| 4.1 | U+05C5..05C6 | 2 | | L2/03-297 | | Rosenne, Jony (2003-08-24), Hebrew Issues |
| 4.1 | U+05C5..05C6 | 2 | | L2/03-299 | | Kirk, Peter (2003-08-25), Issues in the Representation of Pointed Hebrew in Unicode |
| 4.1 | U+05C5..05C6 | 2 | | L2/04-089R | N2714 | Shoulson, Mark; Kirk, Peter; Hudson, John; Everson, Michael; Constable, Peter (2004-03-04), Proposal to add two Masoretic punctuation marks to the BMP of the UCS |
| 4.1 | U+05C5..05C6 | 2 | | L2/04-156R2 | | Moore, Lisa (2004-08-13), "Two Hebrew punctuation marks (A.17.4)", UTC #99 Minutes |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/03-297 | | Rosenne, Jony (2003-08-24), Hebrew Issues |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/04-150 | N2755 | Everson, Michael; Shoulson, Mark (2004-05-03), Proposal to add QAMATS QATAN to the BMP of the UCS |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/04-213 | | Rosenne, Jony (2004-06-07), Responses to Several Hebrew Related Items |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | | N2821 | Everson, Michael; Shoulson, Mark (2004-06-21), Clarification on the name QAMATS QATAN |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/04-346 | | Kirk, Peter (2004-08-12), Proposal to change the provisional code point allocations for proposed characters HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV and HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/04-156R2 | | Moore, Lisa (2004-08-13), "QAMATS QATAN (A.17.5)", UTC #99 Minutes |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/18-274 | | McGowan, Rick (2018-09-14), "Identifier_Type of U+05C7 HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 24 - Sept 14, 2018) |
| 4.1 | U+05C7 | 1 | | L2/18-272 | | Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "157-C17 Consensus", UTC #157 Minutes, Change the Identifier_Type of U+05C7 HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN from "Obsolete" to "Uncommon_Use Technical" for Unicode version 12.0. |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/03-297 | | Rosenne, Jony (2003-08-24), Hebrew Issues |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-193 | | Kirk, Peter (2004-06-05), On the Hebrew vowel HOLAM |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-213 | | Rosenne, Jony (2004-06-07), Responses to Several Hebrew Related Items |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-306 | | Kirk, Peter (2004-07-29), Background material for the proposal on the Hebrew vowel HOLAM |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-307 | | Kirk, Peter; Shmidman, Avi; Cowan, John; Hopp, Ted; Peterson, Trevor; Lowery, Kirk; Keown, Elaine; Robertson, Stuart (2004-07-29), New proposal on the Hebrew vowel HOLAM |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-310 | N2840 | Everson, Michael; Shoulson, Mark (2004-07-29), Proposal to add HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV to the BMP of the UCS |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-313 | | Kirk, Peter (2004-08-02), Response to "Proposal to add HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV" |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-326 | | Rosenne, Jony (2004-08-02), UTC - Holam proposals |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-327 | | Hudson, John (2004-08-03), Distinction of Vav Haluma and Holam Male |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-346 | | Kirk, Peter (2004-08-12), Proposal to change the provisional code point allocations for proposed characters HEBREW POINT HOLAM HASER FOR VAV and HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN |
| 5.0 | U+05BA | 1 | | L2/04-344 | | Everson, Michael; Shoulson, Mark (2004-08-18), Disunification costs regarding HOLAM and VAV in Hebrew |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | | N1740 (html, doc) | Shoulson, Mark; Everson, Michael (1998-05-09), Proposal to add the Hebrew Tetragrammaton to ISO/IEC 10646 |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | | N1807 (pdf, doc, txt) | Rosenne, Jonathan (1998-07-07), Israeli Response to the Tetragrammaton Proposal N1740 |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | L2/15-092 | | Shoulson, Mark (2015-03-10), Typographic Concerns and the Hebrew Nomina Sacra |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | L2/15-149 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Pandey, Anshuman; Glass, Andrew (2015-05-03), "24 Hebrew Nomina Sacra", Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | L2/15-204 | | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2015-07-25), "14. Hebrew Nomina Sacra", Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | L2/16-305 | N4807 | Shoulson, Mark (2016-10-28), Proposal to add HEBREW YOD TRIANGLE |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | L2/17-037 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "16. Hebrew", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals |
| 11.0 | U+05EF | 1 | | L2/17-016 | | Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.12", UTC #150 Minutes |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names |||||||