U+FB2F "אָ" Hebrew Letter Alef with Qamats Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
אָ
U+FB2F "אָ" Hebrew Letter Alef with Qamats is a precomposed representation of the Hebrew letter Alef combined with the Qamats vowel mark, which indicates a long "a" sound. This character is part of the Unicode block for Alphabetic Presentation Forms, specifically designed to support typographic traditions in Hebrew script where certain letters and diacritics are represented as a single glyph for ease of rendering and consistency. It is used in vocalized Hebrew texts, such as biblical or liturgical writings, to ensure proper pronunciation and to maintain visual alignment in print or digital displays.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FB2F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hebrew Letter Alef with Qamats |
| Block | Alphabetic Presentation Forms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "א" U+05D0 Hebrew Letter Alef "ָ" U+05B8 Hebrew Point Qamats |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | אָ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | אָ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xAC 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFB2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FB2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufb2f |