U+214F "⅏" Symbol for Samaritan Source Unicode Character

U+214F "⅏" Symbol for Samaritan Source is a specialized typographic mark used in biblical and textual criticism to denote the Samaritan source or tradition of the Hebrew Pentateuch, distinct from the Masoretic Text. This character belongs to the Letterlike Symbols block, where it serves as a concise notation for scholars referencing the Samaritan version of the Torah. Its design resembles a stylized letter or abstract symbol, and it was encoded in Unicode 5.2 in 2009 to support academic and theological works that require precise differentiation between ancient textual witnesses. The character helps avoid confusion when marking variant readings in critical editions of the Bible.