U+05A4 Hebrew Accent Mahapakh
U+05A4 was added in Unicode version 2.0 in 1996. It belongs to the block
This character is a Nonspacing Mark and is mainly used in the Hebrew script.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it acts as Nonspacing Mark. When changing direction it is not mirrored. U+05A4 prohibits a line break before it. The glyph can be confused with one other glyph.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
Mahpach (Hebrew מַהְפַּ֤ך, with variant English spellings) is a common cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible. It is part of the Katan group, and it frequently begins the group. The symbol for the Mahpach is <.
Mahpach is always followed by a pashta. This is because Mahpach is a conjunctive, showing a connection with the word that follows. When the Mahpach is found, the < is placed under the syllable that is most heavily stressed. The variant Yetiv trope uses the same < symbol as the Mahpach, but does not have a Pashta that follows.
Mahpach is found in the Torah 3042 times.
The Hebrew word מַהְפַּ֤ך translates into English to reversal. The original symbol looked more like a sideways U than a V (to represent going forward then turning back around), but this was changed because it was easier for printers to print, as modern keyboards have the < symbols.
Representations
System | Representation |
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Nº | 1444 |
UTF-8 | D6 A4 |
UTF-16 | 05 A4 |
UTF-32 | 00 00 05 A4 |
URL-Quoted | %D6%A4 |
HTML hex reference | ֤ |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | ◌֤ |
Adobe Glyph List | mahapakhhebrew |
Adobe Glyph List | mahapakhlefthebrew |
Related Characters
Confusables
Elsewhere
Complete Record
Property | Value |
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2.0 (1996) | |
HEBREW ACCENT MAHAPAKH | |
— | |
Hebrew | |
Nonspacing Mark | |
Hebrew | |
Nonspacing Mark | |
Below | |
none | |
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✘ | |
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✘ | |
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✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
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Extend | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
0 | |
0 | |
0 | |
✘ | |
Extend | |
— | |
NA | |
Other | |
— | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
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Yes | |
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Yes | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
Extend | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
Extend | |
✘ | |
✔ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
✘ | |
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None | |
neutral | |
Not Applicable | |
— | |
No_Joining_Group | |
Transparent | |
Combining Mark | |
none | |
not a number | |
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R |