mark-grammar (UXLC features of interest)

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This page lists the weird Hebrew letter clusters: those that are neither ordinary nor treated as ordinary.

We define ordinary as follows:

itemmeaning
shsi-dotshin-dot or sin-dot
dmsdagesh/mapiq/shuruq-dot
vowel
aomaccent or meteg

Clusters that are not ordinary, but treated as ordinary are listed in mark grammar 2.

Exclusions:

There are 1,200,055 included clusters; 1,198,122 are ordinary, 1,910 are treated as ordinary, and 23 are weird. Those 23 weird ones are listed below.

Abbreviations

abbreviationmeaning
metuqmeteg/siluq
CGJcombining grapheme joiner
ZWJzero-width joiner

Counts by weird class

classcountdetails
explicit-order55 cases
initial-double-aom33 cases
multi-vowel22 cases
noninitial-double-aom44 cases
other-ordering99 cases

explicit-order (5 cases)

bcvpncatomseqmark names
Num 7:60.5•בִנְיָמ֑͏ִןavetnaḥta, CGJ, ḥiriq
Deut 3:22.2•תִּ͏ְירָא֑וּםdvvdms, ḥiriq, CGJ, sheva
Job 10:15.12c•עָנְי֥‍ִי׃avmerkha/yored, ZWJ, ḥiriq
Job 19:16.6t•פִ֗‍֝יvaaḥiriq, revia, ZWJ, geresh-muqdam
cf. Ps 124:4 נַ֗֜חְלָה
Job 32:6.11•יְשִׁישׁ֑‍ִיםsavshin-dot, etnaḥta, ZWJ, ḥiriq

initial-double-aom (3 cases)

bcvpncatomseqmark names
Ps 56:10.1אָ֥֨זvaaqamats, merkha/yored, qadma
Ps 124:4.4c•נַ֗֜חְלָהvaapataḥ, revia, geresh
cf. Job 19:16 פִ֗‍֝י
Job 15:34.8•שֹֽׁ֥חַד׃svaashin-dot, ḥolam, metuq, merkha/yored

multi-vowel (2 cases)

bcvpncatomseqmark names
2Kings 21:26.1c•וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥רdvvadms, ḥolam, sheva, merkha/yored
Prov 23:26.8q•תִּצֽרְֹנָה׃vvsheva, ḥolam

noninitial-double-aom (4 cases)

bcvpncatomseqmark names
Lev 25:20.4c•נֹּאכַ֤֖לvaapataḥ, mahapakh, tipeḥa/tarḥa
Ezek 20:31.7נִטְמְאִ֤֨יםvaaḥiriq, mahapakh, qadma
Ps 75:11.7c•צַדִּֽ֥יק׃dvaadms, ḥiriq, metuq, merkha/yored
Job 7:1.7c•וְכִימֵ֖֗יvaatsere, tipeḥa/tarḥa, revia

other-ordering (9 cases)

bcvpncatomseqmark names
Ex 32:19.18•וַיְּשַׁבֵּ֥רvdsheva, dms
Num 32:16.3•וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּdavdms, munaḥ, ḥolam
Josh 10:24.20•הֶהָלְכ֣וְּּddvdms, dms, sheva
Ezek 1:25.8c•בְּעָמְדָּֿ֖םdvdadms, qamats, rafeh, tipeḥa/tarḥa
Ps 119:14.3t•שַּׂ֗שְׂתִּיdsvadms, sin-dot, pataḥ, revia
Job 36:29.7t•סֻכָּֽתֽוֹ׃advmetuq, dms, qamats
Job 42:10.10•וַיֹּ֧סֶףdavdms, darga, ḥolam
Dan 3:15.13•קַתְרֹ֣סavmunaḥ, ḥolam
1Chr 21:8.16•עֲווֹ֣ןavmunaḥ, ḥolam