Tiberian vowel points

E587817
Hebrew orthographic tradition diacritic system vowel pointing system

Tiberian vowel points are a system of diacritical marks used in the Tiberian Hebrew tradition to indicate vowel sounds and refine the pronunciation of the biblical text.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tiberian vocalization 1
Tiberian vocalization system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew orthographic tradition ⓘ
diacritic system ⓘ
vowel pointing system ⓘ
appliedTo consonantal Hebrew text ⓘ
associatedWith Masoretic Text NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith Babylonian vowel points NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestinian vowel points NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy Tiberian Masoretes NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn Tiberias NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
influenced later Hebrew vocalization traditions ⓘ
modern printed Hebrew Bibles ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiberian Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
notationIncludes hatef patach ⓘ
hatef qamats ⓘ
hatef segol ⓘ
hiriq ⓘ
holam ⓘ
patach ⓘ
qamats ⓘ
qibbuts ⓘ
segol ⓘ
sheva ⓘ
shureq ⓘ
tsere ⓘ
orthographicRole supplementing consonantal text without changing letters ⓘ
partOf Masoretic vocalization system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiberian vocalization NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionRelativeToConsonants above consonants ⓘ
below consonants ⓘ
inside consonants in some cases ⓘ
primaryPurpose preserving traditional reading of the Bible ⓘ
relatedConcept cantillation marks ⓘ
niqqud ⓘ
scriptFamily Hebrew script ⓘ
standardizedBy Masoretes of Tiberias NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor indicating vowel sounds ⓘ
marking stress in some cases ⓘ
marking vowel length distinctions ⓘ
marking vowel quality ⓘ
refining pronunciation of biblical text ⓘ
usedIn Hebrew Bible manuscripts ⓘ
Masoretic codices NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiberian Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystemType abjad with diacritics ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiberian cantillation → writtenWith → Tiberian vowel points ⓘ
Tiberian cantillation → relatedConcept → Tiberian vowel points ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiberian vocalization
ta'amei ha-mikra → componentOf → Tiberian vowel points ⓘ
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
this entity surface form: Tiberian vocalization system