What ֯ means
It links text to a Masorah Parva note.
Masorah is a body of notes about the Hebrew Bible's wording and reading. Masorah Parva notes flag spelling, reading, grammar, or where a form occurs.
Masorah Parva notes connect to the larger Masorah Magna. The wider system's earliest surviving manuscripts are apparently from the eighth century; eastern manuscripts from the 10th and 11th centuries document the circle's placement.
Technical notation in vowel-marked Hebrew Bible text.
It points to a note, not a mark for chanting.
Part of the collection
Who writes ֯
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe note refers to that word.
Don't confuse it with
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Combining Ring Above
Combining ring above, a small circle over a letter. Looks much like Masora circle at small sizes, but it is a generic mark used with other base letters.
Arabic Sukun
Arabic sukun, a small circle-shaped mark above a letter. Resembles Masora circle at small sizes, but it belongs to Arabic text and is rarely seen in Hebrew.
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How to type or find ֯
- Also called
- masora circule · circellus
- Search it as
- masorah · masoretic commentary · circule
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
֯CSS
\05AFPosition
In the SBL Hebrew font, a zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) can shift ֯ from its default anchor.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
֯
HTML hex
֯
CSS content
content: "\05AF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%D6%AF
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.