mappiq

{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Mappiq |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" |h |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" |h |- | Same appearance | style="background:white" | dagesh, shuruk |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white; text-align:center;" | The word for height in Hebrew, govah. The centre dot in the leftmost letter (which is the letter He) is a mappiq. |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Other Niqqud |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white; text-align:center;"| ShvaHiriqTzereSegolPatachKamatzHolamDageshMappiqShurukKubutzRafeSin/Shin Dot |}The mappiq ( mapík; also mapiq, mapik, mappik, lit. "causing to go out") is a diacritic used in the Hebrew alphabet. It is part of the Masoretes' system of niqqud (vowel points), and was added to Hebrew orthography at the same time. It takes the form of a dot in the middle of a letter (usually , he). An identical point with a different phonetic function (marking different consonants) is called a dagesh.

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