Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 27/08/2003 05:14, Søren Holst wrote:

> Can I ask a partially off-topic question of all you software and Hebrew font
> gurus out there?
>
> A specific sign is customarily used to indicate a probable or uncertain
> reading of a letter in transcribing a manuscript, e.g. in Qumran studies but
> elsewhere too: A little circlet above the letter in question.
>
> How does one type the little critter?
>
> I'm usually writing in MS Word, inserting Hebrew by means of "Unitype Global
> Office" in a font called UT Hebrew David or alternatively UT Hebrew
> Frankruhl, but that's not so much a matter of choice as of being a blind hen
> pecking every which way to see if something works :-)
>
> So if something else is recommended, I'm listening.
>
> The immediate reason for asking is the preparation of an article which it'd
> be nice to have come out right if printed by someone the other side of the
> planet - little circlets and all :-)
>
> kol tuv
> Soren Holst
> Copenhagen
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Probably the Hebrew character you need is U+05AF HEBREW MARK MASORA 
CIRCLE. This is more the circle used above many words in Hebrew Bibles, 
but probably the same one will do. As for  how to type it in "Unitype 
Global Office", I have no idea, but in ordinary MS Word (at least 
2000/XP) you can choose it with Insert Symbol.

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