holam

{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Holam |- | colspan="2" style="background:white; height:100px; text-align:center;"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" | or |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" | o |- | English example | style="background:white" | shore |- | Similar sound | style="background:white" | Qamatz qaṭan, ḥataf qamatz |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|' Example |-style="line-height:2.5em;" | colspan="2" style="background:white; height:50px; text-align:center;"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px; background:white; text-align:center;" | The word ' (youth) in Hebrew. The first vowel (over Nun, the dot above) is the '. |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ' Example |-style="line-height:2.5em;" | colspan="2" style="background:white; height:50px; text-align:center;"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px; background:white; text-align:center;" | The word ' in Hebrew. The letter vav with the dot above it is the ' itself. |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Other Niqqud |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px; background:white; text-align:center;"| ShvaHiriqTzereSegolPatachKamatzHolamDageshMappiqShurukKubutzRafeSin/Shin Dot |} Holam or cholam (modern , , formerly , '') is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by a dot above the upper left corner of the consonant letter. For example, here the holam appears after the letter mem ‎: . In modern Hebrew, it indicates the mid back rounded vowel, , and is transliterated as an o.

The mater lectionis'' letter which is usually employed with holam is vav, although in a few words, the letters ' or ' are used instead of ''. When it is used with a mater lectionis, the holam is called holam male (, , "full holam"), and without it the holam is called holam haser (, , "deficient holam").