Hiriq

 ( Niqqud ) 

IPA	Hebrew: Yiddish:
Transliteration	i
English approximation	Hebrew: sk i Yiddish: sk ip
Other [[Niqqud]]

Hiriq, also called Chirik ( '  ) is a Hebrew alphabet niqqud vowel sign represented by a single dot underneath the letter. In Modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme which is similar to the "ee" sound in the English word dee p and is transliterated with "i". In Yiddish language, it indicates the phoneme which is the same as the "i" sound in the English word ski'p'' and is transliterated with "i".

---

Spelling When writing with niqqud, the letter yodh is often written after the letter that carries the Hiriq sign. This is called ( ), meaning "full" (or "plene") hiriq. In ktiv male, the letter yud is added more often as a mater lectionis, than in writing with niqqud, The main exception is the "i" vowel in a syllable that ends with shva naḥ. For example the words סִדְרָה (series) and סִדְּרָה (she organized) are pronounced identically in modern Hebrew, but in spelling without niqqud סִדְרָה is written סדרה because there is a shva naḥ on the letter , and סִדְּרָה is written סידרה.

In Yiddish orthography the is placed under the yud .

---

Pronunciation The following table contains the pronunciation and transliteration of the different Hiriqs in reconstructed historical forms and using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

The letter Bet used in this table is only for demonstration, any letter can be used.

	Hiriq
	(Also called, )

---

Vowel length comparison These vowels lengths are not manifested in Modern Hebrew. In addition, the short i is usually promoted to a long i in Israeli writing for the sake of disambiguation.

		n/a	i	sk i

			i	sk ip

Note: In Yiddish orthography only, the glyph, (), pronounced , can be optionally used, rather than typing then (). In Hebrew spelling this would be pronounced .  is written then ().

---

Computer encoding

	U+05B4	HIRIQ

---

See also

• Niqqud
• Unicode and HTML for the Hebrew alphabet

Post Comment