Compose Key: Hebrew

The Lingua module provides support for Hebrew. If you have purchased Nota Bene, but not Lingua, you can purchase the Lingua module by going to our on-line order form and logging in as a current customer.

The compose key (F6) is used with Hebrew to add vowels or cantillation marks. To use the compose key with Hebrew, type a Hebrew letter, then press F6. The F6 pop-up screen will appear. Find the letter with the diacritical marks that you want and double click on the character or type the letter in the small yellow box corresponding to the character that you want to enter. If you are not familiar with the general use of the F6 key, read Compose key. For instructions on how to type in Hebrew, see Hebrew.

Vowels are displayed on the F6 pop-up screen in the regular or unshifted position. Prose cantillations are shown when you press Shift. Poetry cantillations are shown when you press Control. Alternate forms are shown when you press Alt, but are not recommended for general use. For the cantillations, prepositives are shown in red, postpositives are shown in green and conjunctions are shown in gray. The Hebrew section of the Lingua Character Inventory provides an exact mirror of the F6 pop-up screens with more detailed information including the name of the cantillation. See Character inventory (Hebrew).