From: Simon Montagu (smontagu@smontagu.org)
Date: Fri Jun 27 2008 - 06:56:58 CDT
Karl Pentzlin wrote:
> The attached text picture is scanned from an edition of the Hebrew
> bible text (Rita Maria Steurer, Das Alte Testament Band I,
> Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-7751-1281-2, p.3; Genesis 1,1).
> Apparently cantillation marks are used. I presume that the characters
> encircled in red are glyph variants of U+05A8, U+05A5, U+05AD.
> Is this assumption correct?
On U+05A8 and U+05A5 I agree with you. IMO the third one is U+0596
(HEBREW ACCENT TIPEHA), not U+05AD DEHI, which is prepositive and only
used in the cantillation system of Psalms, Proverbs and Job.
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