On 01/18/2002 06:02:39 PM Jonathan Rosenne wrote:
>I think it is both.
>
>The upper dot has been used in Hebrew for a number of purposes. The
>exact shape does not matter.
Thanks for responding.
You mention a number of purposes -- are there uses other than the hundreds
mark and the punctum that you are aware of?
The semantics of the hundreds mark and the punctum are quite different,
and it's my understanding that Biblical scholars would want to see them
encoded as distinct characters. Do you know of any arguments that could be
made against adding a new character?
- Peter
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