U+05C3 "׃" Hebrew Punctuation Sof Pasuq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
׃
U+05C3 "׃" Hebrew Punctuation Sof Pasuq is a punctuation mark used in Hebrew script to indicate the end of a verse, primarily in biblical and liturgical texts, functioning similarly to a period or full stop in English. It is visually represented by two vertically aligned dots, resembling a colon but positioned differently, and is distinct from other Hebrew punctuation such as the colon or the period. This character is an essential part of the Masoretic system of cantillation marks and verse division, helping to structure and delineate passages in the Hebrew Bible.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+05C3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Punctuation Sof Pasuq |
| Block | Hebrew |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ׃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ׃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD7 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x05C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000005C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u05c3 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Script Extensions | Hebrew |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |