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Hebrew niqqud unicode point values for Python programmers
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| # To create a hebrew letter with niqqud: | |
| # hebrew letter [+ optional shin_dot if letter is shin] [+ optional dagesh] [+ optional niqqud] | |
| # example: print("ש" + chr(shin_dot_right_shin) + chr(dagesh) + chr(kmz_katan)) => שָּׁ | |
| # letter should be first, order of the rest does not matter | |
| # print("ש" + chr(kmz_katan) + chr(shin_dot_left_sinn) + chr(dagesh)) => שָּׂ | |
| # This is how you get things like the reverse of noël being l̈eon instead of lëon, | |
| # as discussed in Edaqa Mortoray's two seminal blog posts: | |
| # https://mortoray.com/we-dont-need-a-string-type/ | |
| # https://mortoray.com/the-string-type-is-broken/ | |
| # The following post by Joel Spolsky also helped me grok unicode back in the Python 2.6+ days: | |
| # https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/ | |
| # niqqud marks | |
| shva = 1456 # שְ | |
| segol_nach = 1457 # שֱ | |
| pth_nach = 1458 # שֲ | |
| kmz_nach = 1459 # שֳ | |
| hirik = 1460 # שִ | |
| zere = 1461 # שֵ | |
| segol = 1462 # שֶ | |
| pth = 1463 # שַ | |
| kmz_katan = 1464 # שָ | |
| holam = 1465 # שֹ | |
| holam_hasser = 1466 # שֺ | |
| kubuz = 1467 # שֻ | |
| dagesh = 1468 # שּ | |
| # 1469 שֽ | |
| # 1470 ־ | |
| # 1471 שֿ | |
| # 1472 ׀ | |
| shin_dot_right_shin = 1473 # שׁ | |
| shin_dot_left_sinn = 1474 # שׂ | |
| # 1475 ׃ | |
| # 1476 שׄ | |
| # 1477 שׅ | |
| # 1478 ׆ | |
| kmz_gadol = 1479 # שׇ | |
| # [1480, 1487] - [?] | |
| # hebrew letters | |
| aleph = 1488 # א | |
| bet = 1489 # ב | |
| gimel = 1490 # ג | |
| dalet = 1491 # ד | |
| heh = 1492 # ה | |
| vav = 1493 # ו | |
| zayin = 1494 # ז | |
| het = 1495 # ח | |
| tet = 1496 # ט | |
| yod = 1497 # י | |
| kaf_sofit = 1498 # ך | |
| kaf = 1499 # כ | |
| lamed = 1500 # ל | |
| mem_sofit = 1501 # ם | |
| mem = 1502 # מ | |
| noon_sofit = 1503 # ן | |
| noon = 1504 # נ | |
| samech = 1505 # ס | |
| ayin = 1506 # ע | |
| peh_sofit = 1507 # ף | |
| peh = 1508 # פ | |
| zadi_sofit = 1509 # ץ | |
| zadi = 1510 # צ | |
| kof = 1511 # ק | |
| reyish = 1512 # ר | |
| shin = 1513 # ש | |
| tav = 1514 # ת | |
| # [1515, 1519] - [?] | |
| # 1520 װ | |
| # 1521 ױ | |
| # 1522 ײ | |
| geresh = 1523 # ׳ | |
| # 64331 וֹ |
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Only after posting this did I find this page:
http://www.nashbell.com/technology/he-unicode.php
The things I went to get to this gist instead of locating this page and ripping it off are truly embarrassing 😓