Use Hebrew script data for cataloging items in the Hebrew language. Use Hebrew script data the same way you use other non-Latin script data in the client.
See Work with international records and Guidelines for contributing non-Latin script bibliographic records to WorldCat for details specific to non- Latin scripts. See also general procedures describing how to:
Hebrew script can also be used to add variant name headings to authority records.
The client supports the following Hebrew character set defined in MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media:
The client adds the following data to subfield ǂc of field 066 in Hebrew records to indicate the presence of Hebrew characters:
See the ALA-LC Romanization Table for Hebrew on the Library of Congress website.
By default, the client displays (and prints) records with Arabic or Hebrew script aligned to the right. To toggle between displaying these scripts right-to-left or left-to-right:
Enter Unicode formatting characters in Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew records to correctly display left-to-right multiple-digit numbers and punctuation, including brackets, hyphens, internal spaces, etc., within a field of right-to-left script data.
More information:
To insert a Unicode control character:
Note: Create a text string by entering one of the characters listed above using the right-click menu; then assign the text string to a keystroke shortcut. Enter the character by pressing the keystroke.
Example: To control the display of the data 742[1981 or 1982] that you enter in field 260 c of a bibliographic record, that is preceded and followed by Hebrew script data:
Note: If a search for all Hebrew script records alone retrieves too many WorldCat records (limit 1,500 records), you must qualify the search or combine with another search and try again (e.g., vp:hbr/1991-; vp:hbr and mt:bks; etc.).
See general procedures and search techniques for searching WorldCat.
The following table shows Hebrew characters grouped together and indexed the same as if they are the same character. The characters are normalized.
Enter any character of a group of normalized characters in a search and retrieve results for all characters in the group.
Images and names of characters indexed the same are in columns 3 and 4, opposite the character with which they are indexed.
Character | Character name | Other characters indexed the same | |
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Character | Character name | ||
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Vav | ![]() |
Ligature Yiddish double Vav/Tsvey Vovn |
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Ligature Yiddish Vav Yod/Vov Yud | ||
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Yod | ![]() |
Ligature Yiddish double Yod/Tsvey Yudn |
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Kaf | ![]() |
Final Kaf |
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Mem | ![]() |
Final Mem |
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Nun | ![]() |
Final Nun |
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Pe | ![]() |
Final Pe |
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Tsadi | ![]() |
Final Tsadi |