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samaritan abbreviation mark

Samaritan Abbreviation Mark

࠶ is Samaritan punctuation placed after an abbreviation. It tells the reader that the form before it has been shortened.

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Samaritan abbreviation · Samaritan script · abbreviated Samaritan text · ࠶ · Hebrew geresh
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What ࠶ means

It marks the abbreviated form that comes before it.

It does not expand the abbreviation; the reader gets the omitted text from context.

Samaritan writing uses Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic, chiefly in religious texts. Its script developed from linear Old Hebrew; its descent from Phoenician was probably direct. Distinct Samaritan forms are attested by the 3rd century CE. A Samaritan Pentateuch manuscript—the five books of Moses—is catalogued as copied in 1211 CE.

Scribal punctuation marking an abbreviation in Samaritan writing.

Don't confuse it with

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ࠖ
Samaritan Mark In
shares “mark”, “samaritan”
ࠗ
Samaritan Mark In-Alaf
shares “mark”, “samaritan”
࠘
Samaritan Mark Occlusion
shares “mark”, “samaritan”
࠙
Samaritan Mark Dagesh
shares “mark”, “samaritan”

Questions people ask

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Why does ࠶ show as a box?

Usually, the app has no font with this Samaritan glyph. Right-to-left Samaritan text mixed with left-to-right text can affect where the punctuation appears.

How to type ࠶

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0836, then Alt+X to get ࠶.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “samaritan abbreviation mark”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0836, then Enter or Space.
HTML
࠶
CSS
\0836
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
࠶
HTML hex
࠶
CSS content
content: "\0836";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%A0%B6
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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