Hebrew

ISO 15924: HebrAbjad35 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

כָּל בְּנֵי הָאָדָם נוֹלְדוּ בְּנֵי חוֹרִין וּשְׁוֵי עֶרֶךְ לְכָבוֹד וּלְזַכֻּיּוֹת

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Right-to-left
RTL
Yes
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt + app-maintained overrides
Hebrew is normally written right-to-left horizontally.
Script Properties
Family
Semitic / Phoenician
Geographic origin
Middle East
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
hebr
Derived from the Aramaic abjad (which itself descended from Phoenician). Used for Hebrew and Yiddish. Written right-to-left. Optional vowel points (niqqud) and cantillation marks (te'amim).

Related Scripts

ArabArabicSyrcSyriacPhnxPhoenicianSamrSamaritanArmiImperial Aramaic

Unicode Blocks

HebrewU+0590

1 Unicode block contain Hebrew characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
27

Lishanid Noshan
aij
—
ajt
Bukharic
bhh
Knaanic
czk
Ancient Hebrew
hbo
Hebrew
heb
Hulaulá
huy
Judeo-Italian
itk
Judeo-Berber
jbe
Judeo-Tat
jdt
Judeo-Georgian
jge
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
jpa
Judeo-Persian
jpr
Judeo-Arabic
jrb
Judeo-Yemeni Arabic
jye
Ladino
lad
Lishana Deni
lsd
Samaritan Aramaic
sam
Samaritan
smp
Tajik
tgk
Lishán Didán
trg
Eastern Yiddish
ydd
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
yhd
Yiddish
yid
Western Yiddish
yih
Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic
yud
Zarphatic
zrp

Single-source attestation (AUX)
8

Tunisian Arabic
aebSingle source
Levantine Arabic
apcSingle source
Arabic
araSingle source
Krymchak
jctSingle source
Karaim
kdrSingle source
Malayalam
malSingle source
Domari
rmtSingle source
Urdu
urdSingle source