Keyboard Map of SPTiberian, a public domain Hebrew/Aramaic font
Created by: Jimmy Adair, Scholars Press
Last modified: 09 April 1999
Modification 1998FEB18: remove all vowels for final kaf except qamets, shewa
                        add single-word abbreviation mark
                        add sub-linear dots & circles for ms transcription
Modification 1999APR09: add superlinear accent mark, athnah, dagesh for tsade and squared brackets.

Description: SPTiberian exists in both Macintosh and Windows versions, both with the same character and keyboard maps.   By design, all characters in the font lie between decimal 32 and 127 (20x-7Fx, 040-0177), so they should transfer without problem over the Internet.  The font is designed to follow the Michigan-Claremont encoding scheme (see here)  to as great an extent as possible, though the vowel points have multiple forms to allow for proper placement with wide characters, narrow characters, and final kafs (and nuns).

The consonants are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by vowel points and then by other signs.  Please note the distinction between upper and lower case in "key to push"; all shifted keys are so indicated.  Also, note that vowels that are designed for wide characters (most letters) are all unshifted, whereas the corresponding vowels for narrow characters (gimel, waw, zayin, yod, nun) are shifted.  Vowels that go with the final kaf (and nun) are mostly mapped to numbers. 

A few differences may exist among keyboards for some shifted keys (e.g., is " shift-' or shift-2 ?), so people with different keyboards will have to make the proper adjustments.

 

Character
description

key to
push
)       
alef
 
)
(shift- 0)
b 
bet
 
b
g 
gimel
 
g
d 
dalet
 
d
h 
he
 
h
w 
waw
 
w
z 
zayin
 
z
x 
het
 
x
+ 
tet
 
+
(shift- =)
y 
yod
 
y
k 
kaf-initial/medial
 
k
K 
kaf-final
 
K
(shift- k)
l 
lamed
 
l
m 
mem-initial/medial
 
m
M 
mem-final
 
M
(shift- m)
n 
nun-initial/medial
 
n
N 
nun-final
 
N
(shift- n)
s 
samek
 
s
( 
ayin
 
(
(shift- 9)
p 
pe-initial/medial
 
p
P 
pe-final
 
P
(shift- p)
c 
tsade-initial/medial
 
c
C 
tsade-final
 
C
(shift- c)
q 
qof
 
q
r 
resh
 
r
# 
sin/shin (without dot)
 
#
t 
taw
 
t
ba 
patah (wide char)
 
a
bA 
patah (narrow char)
 
A
(shift- a)  also furtive patah
bf 
qamets (wide char)
 
f
bF 
qamets (narrow char)
 
F
(shift- f)
K1 
qamets (final kaf)
 
1
(one)
bi 
hireq (wide char)
 
i
bI 
hireq (narrow char)
 
I
(shift- i)
be 
segol (wide char)
 
e
bE 
segol (narrow char)
 
E
b' 
sere (wide char)
 
'
(single quote)
b" 
sere (narrow char)
 
"
(double quote, shift- ' )
bo 
holem (wide char)
 
o
bO 
holem (narrow char)
 
O
(shift-o)  also Mas abbrev, number mark
bu 
qibbuts (wide char)
 
u
bU 
qibbuts (narrow char)
 
U
(shift- u )
b; 
shewa (wide char)
 
;
(semi-colon)
b: 
shewa (narrow char)
 
:
(colon, shift- ; )
K7 
shewa (final kaf)
 
7
bj 
hatef-patah (wide char)
 
j
bJ 
hatef-patah (narrow char)
 
J
(shift- j)
bv 
hatef-segol (wide char)
 
v
bV 
hatef-segol (narrow char)
 
V
(shift- v)
b/ 
hatef-qamets (wide char)
 
/
(forward slash)
b? 
hatef-qamets (narrow char)   
?
(shift- / )
#& 
sin dot
 
&
(ampersand, shift- 7)
#$ 
shin dot
 
$
(dollar sign, shift- 4)
b@ 
dagesh (wide char)
 
@
(shift- 2)  also mappiq
b% 
dagesh (narrow char)
 
%
(shift- 5)  also shureq dot
y, 
dagesh (yod)
 
,
(comma)
)^ 
dagesh (alef)
 
^
(caret, shift-6)
c= 
dagesh (tsade)
 = (equal)
b{ 
rafe (wide char)
 
{
(left brace, shift- [ )
b} 
rafe (narrow char)
 
}
(right brace, shift- ] )
- 
maqqef
 
-
(hyphen)
. 
sof pasuq
 
.
(period)
b\ 
meteg (wide char)
 
\
(backslash)
b| 
meteg (narrow char)
 
|
(virgule, shift- \ )
_ 
dash
 
_
(underscore, shift- - )
! 
pase, vertical stroke
 
!
(exclamation mark, shift- 1)
b3 
athnah (wide char)
 3
b4 
athnah (narrow char)
 4 
space
 
space
 
Special characters for Masoretic notes
`       
single-word abbreviation   
 `
(grave accent)
~ 
multi-word abbreviation
 
~
(tilde shift- ` )
bG 
circule (wide char)
 
G
(shift-g)
bH 
circule (narrow char)
 
H
(shift-h) 
Special characters for manuscript transcription
bQ 
sub-linear dot (wide char)
 
Q
(shift- q) - damaged character
bW       
sub-linear dot (narrow char)
 
W
(shift- w) - damaged character
bR 
sub-linear circle (wide char)
 
R
(shift- r) - uncertain character
bT 
sub-linear circle (narrow char)   
T
(shift- t) - uncertain character
b0 
super-linear accent (wide char)
 0 (zero) - used in some grammars
b2 
super-linear accent (narrow char)
2 (two) - used in some grammars
[ ] 
squared brackets
 [ ] (squared brackets) - to indicate editorial reconstruction (for mss)