Keyboard © 2004-2011 Galaxie Software and Tavultesoft Pty Ltd
This Keyman keyboard is designed for Biblical Hebrew, a Semitic language of the ancient Near East and the language of the Hebrew Bible. It is a mnemonic Keyman keyboard. This means that the arrangement of the letters in the Keyman keyboard will depend on the order of the keys on your hardware layout.
This keyboard has been optimised for use with the following hardware layouts:
This keyboard includes an On Screen Keyboard view, which displays best on a QWERTY US layout.
This keyboard works with standard Unicode fonts.
Click here to see other keyboards for Hebrew.
This Keyman keyboard works intuitively with a Latin-letter hardware layout. You can usually find Hebrew letters on this keyboard by typing the equivalent Latin letter. For example, type D*g to get דָּג.
Vowels and diacritical marks are typed after the letter. They can be typed in any order. For example, דָּ can be typed d?* or d*?. As you can see, a dagesh ( ּ ) can be typed two ways — with ? or by using the Shift key.
To get the standard keystroke for a key instead of Hebrew output, type + before the character (e.g. to get [ instead of ף type +[).
The Galaxie Hebrew Mnemonic keyboard uses an intuitive system where most of the Hebrew letters are matched to equivalent Latin letters.
Example: typing q produces ק.
Example: typing o produces וֹ.
Some Hebrew letters have no English match. These have been assigned the remaining keys.
Example: typing x produces צ.
Example: typing c produces שׂ.
When followed by a Space, Tab, or Enter, letters automatically take their word-final form.
Example: typing kSpace produces ך .
Example: typing mEnter produces ם.
To prevent a letter from taking a final form, use Ctrl+Space.
Example: typing xSpace produces ץ , but typing xCtrl+Space produces צ .
Example: typing pSpace produces ף , but typing pCtrl+Space produces פ .
Final forms also each have a dedicated key.
Example: typing H produces ץ.
Example: typing / produces ן.
Dagesh can be typed using ? or with Shift+ the letter.
Example: typing Shift+b produces בּ.
Example: typing r? produces רּ.
To get the standard Latin keystroke for any key instead of Hebrew output, type + first.
Example: typing +{ produces {.
Example: typing ++ produces +.
The Galaxie Hebrew keyboard includes the following vowels and diacritics.
| Name | Character | Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Sh'wa | ְ | = or Ä |
| Hiriq | ִ | ! |
| Tsere | ֵ | @, ä, ¨ or é |
| Segol | ֶ | # or è |
| Hatef Segol | ֱ | $ |
| Qubuts | ֻ | % |
| Patakh | ַ | ^ |
| Hatef Patakh | ֲ | & |
| Qamats | ָ | * |
| Hatef Qamats | ֳ | ( |
| Holam | ֹ |
) |
| Raphe | ֿ | _ |
| Dagesh or Mapiq | ּ | ? |
| Ole | ֫ | ` or ² |
| Mahpach | ֤ | ´, ~ or é |
| Meteg | ֽ | \ or ° |
Vowels and diacritical marks are typed after the letter. They can be typed in any order.
Example: typing d?* or d*? produces דָּ.
On European hardware layouts where `,´,^,~, and/or ¨ already function as deadkeys, you'll need to type a Space after just those keys in order to get the proper vowel or diacritic.
Example: typing b´Space on a German QWERTZ keyboard produces ב֤.
The Galaxie Hebrew keyboard includes the following Hebrew punctuation.
| Character | Character | Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Comma | , | , |
| Sof Pasuq | ׃ | . |
| Full Stop | . | > |
| Geresh | ׳ | ' |
| Gershayim | ״ | " |
| Maqaf | ־ | - |
| Paseq | ׀ | ¦ or § |
For any other questions, contact us.
Other Galaxie BibleScript Greek keyboards:
Galaxie BibleScript Greek and HebrewIt is recommended that you use one of the following hardware layouts with this Keyman keyboard:
This keyboard complies with Unicode 6.0
This keyboard was created by Hampton Keathley of Galaxie Software. Tavultesoft graciously acknowledges the contribution made by the author in developing this keyboard and making it freely available for use with Keyman Desktop and KeymanWeb. His effort has assisted greatly in enabling people to communicate in Koine Greek.
Version 3.1 released 24 May 2012. Added to Hebrew keyboard Latin output and Ctrl+Space (to prevent word-final form). Amended Hebrew help.
Version 3.0 released 23 August 2011. Optimised for multiple European hardware layouts.
Version 2.1 released 15 December 2009. Full Greek documentation.
Version 2.02 released 11 April 2008. Fixed Greek: rho + dasia and rho + psili with [ and ] keys.
Version 2.0 for Keyman Desktop 7.0. Released 24 October 2007
The Galaxie BibleScript Greek keyboard layout for Keyman Desktop and KeymanWeb is Copyright 2011 Galaxie Greek and Tavultesoft. It may be freely distributed and used, but must not be modified or adapted in any way without written permission from Tavultesoft.
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