What ܋ means
It begins text linked to a margin note.
The Harklean version is a Syriac revision of the New Testament. Here, ܋ begins wording that differs from the Greek base but is needed for a clear translation. Margin notes compare readings, including Greek variants. The approach follows Origen’s earlier comparison of Greek Bible versions, known in Syriac as the Syro-Hexapla.
A Gospel codex dated 757 lacks these signs and notes; some copies from the second millennium omit the apparatus.
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ܋ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ܋
- Search it as
- Harklean obelus · Syriac margin note · metobelus · asteriscus · Syro-Hexapla
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
܋CSS
\070BHow to type ܋
In source text, enter
\u070B; a Syriac keyboard layout may include it.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
܋
HTML hex
܋
CSS content
content: "\070B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%DC%8B
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.