“־” U+05BE: Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf

־ Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf

U+05BE
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ℹ️ About

The Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf (U+05BE) is a high-set hyphen used to join words in Hebrew text. Unlike a standard hyphen, it is typically positioned at the top of the letter height. It belongs to the Dash Punctuation (Pd) category and follows Right-To-Left (R) bidirectional rules.

⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with (Hyphen-Minus U+002D) or (Em Dash U+2014).

Codes

HTML ־
CSS \05BE
Python \u05BE

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