Each of a set of marks indicating vowels in writing phonetically explicit text in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.
（希伯来语和阿拉伯语等闪族语中用来表示元音的）元音附点，元音符
Example sentencesExamples
The general rule is that the vowel point remains in its normal position, and the accent is moved to avoid a collision.
One solution to this dilemma was to use a qualifier in one of the terms to indicate the particular vowel point differentiating that term from another one that is spelled the same.
Second, it takes time to write or type vowel points.
How well the vowel points will line up varies from font to font.
Only when the text was standardised did vowel points emerge to fix the identity of certain words in the text.
In all other cases the vowel point is applied to the preceding consonant, and the letter representing the vowel remains without vowel point.
To be sure, the subscript vowel points used as vowel cues in modern Hebrew were not used by the ancients.
The difference between the two is simply one vowel point added to the Hebrew letter.
These dots and dashes are called vowel points because they enable the reader to know exactly which vowel sounds to supply with the written Hebrew consonantal text.
Addition of an Aleph to a word does not effect the pronunciation at all, unless a vowel point is assigned to the Aleph - even then, such a vowel point can usually be borrowed from a consonant.
The consonants are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by vowel points and then by other signs.
The main form of ‘Adonai’ has a different vowel point under the ‘N’ to distinguish it from the second much less common form of the word.
But the uncertainty of the writing, and the lack of diacritical and vowel points, caused fresh disputes.
Included for the first time is the ability to search all versions with options for case, accent, and vowel point sensitivity.
Definition of vowel point in US English:
vowel point
noun
Each of a set of marks indicating vowels in writing phonetically explicit text in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.
（希伯来语和阿拉伯语等闪族语中用来表示元音的）元音附点，元音符
Example sentencesExamples
To be sure, the subscript vowel points used as vowel cues in modern Hebrew were not used by the ancients.
The general rule is that the vowel point remains in its normal position, and the accent is moved to avoid a collision.
Only when the text was standardised did vowel points emerge to fix the identity of certain words in the text.
The main form of ‘Adonai’ has a different vowel point under the ‘N’ to distinguish it from the second much less common form of the word.
These dots and dashes are called vowel points because they enable the reader to know exactly which vowel sounds to supply with the written Hebrew consonantal text.
Included for the first time is the ability to search all versions with options for case, accent, and vowel point sensitivity.
Second, it takes time to write or type vowel points.
How well the vowel points will line up varies from font to font.
The difference between the two is simply one vowel point added to the Hebrew letter.
The consonants are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by vowel points and then by other signs.
One solution to this dilemma was to use a qualifier in one of the terms to indicate the particular vowel point differentiating that term from another one that is spelled the same.
In all other cases the vowel point is applied to the preceding consonant, and the letter representing the vowel remains without vowel point.
Addition of an Aleph to a word does not effect the pronunciation at all, unless a vowel point is assigned to the Aleph - even then, such a vowel point can usually be borrowed from a consonant.
But the uncertainty of the writing, and the lack of diacritical and vowel points, caused fresh disputes.