Galaxie Hebrew (Positional) Keyboard Help

Keyboard © 2004-2018 Galaxie Software and SIL Internatinal.


Overview
Hebrew Keyboard
Technical Information
Authorship

Overview

This keyboard is designed for Biblical Hebrew, a Semitic language of the ancient Near East and the language of the Hebrew Bible.

This keyboard layout works best with a QWERTY (English) keyboard. It mimics the QWERTY (English) layout, not the modern Greek layout. It uses standard Unicode fonts.

Hebrew Keyboard Layout

Unicode : Unshifted

`
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
0
0
-
־
=
ְ
Backspace

Tab
Q
ק
W
ו
E
ךֵ
R
ר
T
ת
Y
י
U
ע
I
ך
O
וֹ
P
פ
[
ף
]
ף
\
ּ

Caps Lock
A
א
S
ס
D
ד
F
ט
G
ג
H
ה
J
ח
K
כ
L
ל
;
ךָ
'
'
Enter

Shift
\
ּ
Z
ז
X
צ
C
שׂ
V
שׁ
B
ב
N
נ
M
מ
,
,
.
׃
/
ךָ
Shift

L Ctrl
 
L ALt
R ALt
 
R Ctrl


Unicode : Shift

`
~
1
ִ
2
ֵ
3
ֶ
4
ֱ
5
ֻ
6
ַ
7
ֲ
8
ָ
9
ֳ
0
ֹ
-
ֿ
=
+
Backspace

Tab
Q
קּ
W
וּ
E
ךְ
R
רּ
T
תּ
Y
יּ
U
עּ
I
ךּ
O
וֹּ
P
פּ
[
ףּ
]
שּּ
\
|

Caps Lock
A
אּ
S
סּ
D
דּ
F
טּ
G
גּ
H
ץ
J
חּ
K
כּ
L
לּ
;
ךֶ
'
"
Enter

Shift
\
|
Z
זּ
X
צּ
C
שּׂ
V
שּׁ
B
בּ
N
נּ
M
מּ
,
ם
.
.
/
ש
Shift

L Ctrl
 
L ALt
R ALt
 
R Ctrl


Final mem, pe, nun and tsadi

The final forms of kaf, mem, pe, nun and tsadi are generated by the keyboard layout when the Space, Tab or Enter keys are typed after the letter.

Additional characters

The ` key is a deadkey, that allows additional characters to be typed.

Keys Character
`= =
`~ ~
`| ֽ
`| ֫
`, ֤

Technical Information

System Requirements

It is recommended that you use an English QWERTY hardware keyboard with this keyboard.

Unicode Version

This keyboard complies with Unicode 5.1

Keyboard Authorship

This keyboard was created by Hampton Keathley of Galaxie Software. SIL International 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 2.01 released 13 March 2008. Fixed Hebrew: holem and other letters in On Screen Keyboard, added support for final mem, peh, nun with enter.
Version 2.0 for Keyman Desktop 7.0. Released 24 October 2007