U+05BF "ֿ" Hebrew Point Rafe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+05BF "ֿ" Hebrew Point Rafe is a diacritical mark used in the Hebrew script, historically indicating that a consonant is pronounced softly or without dagesh, often signifying fricative articulation for letters like Bet, Kaf, and Pe. It appears as a small horizontal line placed above a letter, though in modern Hebrew its use is largely limited to liturgical contexts, such as in the pronunciation of certain Hebrew Bible texts or in scholarly transcriptions, and it is distinct from the similar-looking but unrelated marks in other writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+05BF
Name
Hebrew Point Rafe
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ֿ
HTML Hex Encoding
ֿ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xD6 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x05BF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000005BF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u05bf
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hebrew