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Script

Hebrew alphabet

22 letters, five with a final form.

Tools

Letters
27
ISO 15924
Hebr
Direction
Right to left
Languages here
1

01Alphabet chart

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for he.

  1. א
  2. ב
  3. ג
  4. ד
  5. ה
  6. ו
  7. ז
  8. ח
  9. ט
  10. י
  11. כ
  12. ך
  13. ל
  14. מ
  15. ם
  16. נ
  17. ן
  18. ס
  19. ע
  20. פ
  21. ף
  22. צ
  23. ץ
  24. ק
  25. ר
  26. ש
  27. ת
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LetterCode pointUnicode nameRomanisationSound (IPA)
אU+05D0hebrew letter alef
בU+05D1hebrew letter bet
גU+05D2hebrew letter gimel
דU+05D3hebrew letter dalet
הU+05D4hebrew letter he
וU+05D5hebrew letter vav
זU+05D6hebrew letter zayin
חU+05D7hebrew letter het
טU+05D8hebrew letter tet
יU+05D9hebrew letter yod
כU+05DBhebrew letter kaf
ךU+05DAhebrew letter final kaf
לU+05DChebrew letter lamed
מU+05DEhebrew letter mem
םU+05DDhebrew letter final mem
נU+05E0hebrew letter nun
ןU+05DFhebrew letter final nun
סU+05E1hebrew letter samekh
עU+05E2hebrew letter ayin
פU+05E4hebrew letter pe
ףU+05E3hebrew letter final pe
צU+05E6hebrew letter tsadi
ץU+05E5hebrew letter final tsadi
קU+05E7hebrew letter qof
רU+05E8hebrew letter resh
שU+05E9hebrew letter shin
תU+05EAhebrew letter tav
  • 22 letters, five with a final form.
  • Judeo-Persian texts write Persian in this alphabet.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

02Numerals

Western digits latn
2026
Hebrew letter numerals hebr

Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems. Letter numerals are the traditional systems CLDR names armn and hebr.

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Digits0123456789
Western digits0123456789

03Standards

ISO 15924
Hebr
Unicode blocks
Hebrew (U+0590 to U+05FF)
Unicode CLDR locale
he
Digits
Western digits (latn)
Joining
Letters stand apart.

Sources ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

04Languages written in it

  • Judeo-Persian

    Iranian Jewish communities, written in the Hebrew script

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Hebrew alphabet. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/scripts/hebrew/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Hebrew Alphabet.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/scripts/hebrew/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_language_scripts_hebrew,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Hebrew alphabet},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/scripts/hebrew/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/scripts/hebrew/},
}

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05Research and sources

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  1. Beyond Arabic: Software for Perso-Arabic Script Manipulation

    Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny, Raiomond Doctor et al. · 2022 · Proceedings of the Seventh Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)

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  2. Graphemic Normalization of the Perso-Arabic Script

    Raiomond Doctor, Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny et al. · 2022 · Grapholinguistics and Its Applications

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  3. Does Script Matter? Evaluating Large Language Models for Urdu Sentiment Analysis across Nastaliq, Roman Urdu, and Code-Switched Text

    Yousaf Khawar Raja · 2026 · Zenodo

    PreprintZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  4. {pdf download} Modern Persian Script Hacking: The optimal way to learn the Persian / Farsi alphabet by Judith Meyer

    Brigette Carter · 2026 · ResearchHub Technologies, Inc.

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  5. The Role of Religious Concepts in the Nastaliq Inscriptions of Safavid Monuments

    Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem · 2021 · پیکره

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  6. Identifying and Introducing of Nastaliq Inscriptions Calligraphers in Safavids Monuments of Iran

    Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem · 2019 · نگره

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  7. Design and Validation of the Novel Perso-Arabic Database in Shahmukhi Punjabi Script

    Humera Rafique, Dr. Tariq Javid · 2025 · Data Intelligence

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  8. nastaliq, n. & adj.

    2023 · Oxford English Dictionary

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  9. SMAjram: A Large-Scale Synthetic OCR Dataset for Punjabi Shahmukhi (Perso-Arabic) Script

    HUMERA RAFIQUE, TARIQ JAVID · 2025 · Ground Truth Files (AjramGTXL.Zip) Description (9 XL files inside) Sr. Ground Truth Files File Description 1 1_2_AjramGT_Primary File names and labels of Main a

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  10. A Comparative Study of the Dot’s Shape in Traditional Way of Nastaliq Script and Dot’s Implementation in Computer-based Types

    hoda kaspour, Abdolreza Charei · 2019 · نگره

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  11. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Riyāḍ, Maktabah al-‘āmah al-sa’ūdīyah. Copy of the Qur’ān, in so-called Bihārī script, with interlinear Persian, from India, about 1500 CE.

    M Willis · 2019 · Zenodo

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  12. Toward semiotics of Nastaliq calligraphy

    Mahdiyeh Meidani · 2019 · Persian Calligraphy

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