Unicode Hebrew block
E142695
The Unicode Hebrew block is a range of code points in the Unicode standard that encodes the Hebrew alphabet along with its associated diacritics and cantillation marks for digital text representation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebrew Unicode block | 2 |
| Unicode Hebrew block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1239552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unicode Hebrew block Context triple: [Te'amim, encodedIn, Unicode Hebrew block]
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A.
Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.
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B.
Cyrillic Supplement block
The Cyrillic Supplement block is a range of Unicode code points that provides additional Cyrillic characters not included in the main Cyrillic block, supporting extended orthographies and scholarly usage.
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C.
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew is a handwritten Hebrew script style traditionally used by Ashkenazi Jews for everyday writing, distinct from formal print and calligraphic scripts.
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D.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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E.
Unicode Character Database
The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unicode Hebrew block Target entity description: The Unicode Hebrew block is a range of code points in the Unicode standard that encodes the Hebrew alphabet along with its associated diacritics and cantillation marks for digital text representation.
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A.
Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.
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B.
Cyrillic Supplement block
The Cyrillic Supplement block is a range of Unicode code points that provides additional Cyrillic characters not included in the main Cyrillic block, supporting extended orthographies and scholarly usage.
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C.
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew
Ashkenazi cursive Hebrew is a handwritten Hebrew script style traditionally used by Ashkenazi Jews for everyday writing, distinct from formal print and calligraphic scripts.
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D.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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E.
Unicode Character Database
The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unicode block
ⓘ
character encoding block ⓘ |
| containsCategory |
cantillation marks
ⓘ
diacritics ⓘ letters ⓘ marks ⓘ punctuation ⓘ vowel points ⓘ |
| containsCombiningMarks |
Hebrew cantillation marks
ⓘ
Hebrew punctuation marks ⓘ Hebrew vowel points ⓘ |
| containsScriptProperty | Hebrew ⓘ |
| encodesAlphabet | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| encodesScript | Hebrew script ⓘ |
| hasBlockName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeCharacter |
U+05D0 HEBREW LETTER ALEF
ⓘ
U+05D1 HEBREW LETTER BET ⓘ U+05D2 HEBREW LETTER GIMEL ⓘ U+05D3 HEBREW LETTER DALET ⓘ U+05D4 HEBREW LETTER HE ⓘ U+05D5 HEBREW LETTER VAV ⓘ U+05D6 HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN ⓘ U+05D7 HEBREW LETTER HET ⓘ U+05D8 HEBREW LETTER TET ⓘ U+05D9 HEBREW LETTER YOD ⓘ U+05DA HEBREW LETTER FINAL KAF ⓘ U+05DB HEBREW LETTER KAF ⓘ U+05DC HEBREW LETTER LAMED ⓘ U+05DD HEBREW LETTER FINAL MEM ⓘ U+05DE HEBREW LETTER MEM ⓘ U+05DF HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN ⓘ U+05E0 HEBREW LETTER NUN ⓘ U+05E1 HEBREW LETTER SAMEKH ⓘ U+05E2 HEBREW LETTER AYIN ⓘ U+05E3 HEBREW LETTER FINAL PE ⓘ U+05E4 HEBREW LETTER PE ⓘ U+05E5 HEBREW LETTER FINAL TSADI ⓘ U+05E6 HEBREW LETTER TSADI ⓘ U+05E7 HEBREW LETTER QOF ⓘ U+05E8 HEBREW LETTER RESH ⓘ U+05E9 HEBREW LETTER SHIN ⓘ U+05EA HEBREW LETTER TAV ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeRangeEnd | U+05FF ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeRangeStart | U+0590 ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeVersionIntroduced | Unicode 1.0 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Unicode
ⓘ
surface form:
Unicode Standard
|
| supportsWritingSystem | right-to-left ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ Judeo-Persian ⓘ Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form:
Ladino
Yiddish ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
biblical Hebrew text encoding
ⓘ
digital text representation of Hebrew ⓘ liturgical Hebrew text encoding ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Unicode Hebrew block Description of subject: The Unicode Hebrew block is a range of code points in the Unicode standard that encodes the Hebrew alphabet along with its associated diacritics and cantillation marks for digital text representation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hebrew letter Ayin
this entity surface form:
Hebrew Unicode block