U+05B5 "ֵ" Hebrew Point Tsere Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+05B5 "ֵ" Hebrew Point Tsere is a diacritical mark used in Hebrew writing to represent a specific vowel sound. It is visually depicted as two dots arranged side by side beneath a Hebrew letter, and it typically indicates the "e" sound as in "they" or "bed" in modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation. This point is part of the Masoretic system of niqqud, which was developed to preserve the biblical text's vocalization and cantillation, and its precise placement below a consonant often depends on the traditional orthographic rules of the language. In unpointed text, the Tsere is omitted, but it remains essential for accurate reading and understanding of ancient and liturgical Hebrew texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05B5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Point Tsere |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC15 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ֵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ֵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD6 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05b5 |