ISO/IEC 8859-8

ISO/IEC 8859-8, Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet, is part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series of ASCII-based standard character encodings. ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999 from 1999 represents its second and current revision, preceded by the first edition ISO/IEC 8859-8:1988 in 1988. It is informally referred to as Latin/Hebrew. ISO/IEC 8859-8 covers all the Hebrew letters, but no Hebrew vowel signs. IBM assigned code page 916 to it.

ISO-8859-8 is the IANA preferred charset name for this standard when supplemented with the C0 and C1 control codes from ISO/IEC 6429. The text is (usually) in logical order, so bidi processing is required for display. Nominally ISO-8859-8 (code page 28598) is for “visual order”, and ISO-8859-8-I (code page 38598) is for logical order. But usually in practice, and required for HTML and XML documents, ISO-8859-8 also stands for logical order text. There is also ISO-8859-8-E which supposedly requires directionality to be explicitly specified with special control characters; this latter variant is in practice unused.

This character set was also adopted by Israeli Standard SI1311:2002.

Code page layout

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ISO/IEC 8859-8

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1_	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
2_	Template:Chset-color-misc|SP 0020 32	Template:Chset-color-punct|! 0021 33	Template:Chset-color-punct|" 0022 34	Template:Chset-color-punct|# 0023 35	Template:Chset-color-graph|$ 0024 36	Template:Chset-color-punct|% 0025 37	Template:Chset-color-punct|& 0026 38	Template:Chset-color-punct|' 0027 39	Template:Chset-color-punct|( 0028 40	Template:Chset-color-punct|) 0029 41	Template:Chset-color-punct|* 002A 42	Template:Chset-color-graph|+ 002B 43	Template:Chset-color-punct|, 002C 44	Template:Chset-color-punct|- 002D 45	Template:Chset-color-punct|. 002E 46	Template:Chset-color-punct|/ 002F 47
3_	Template:Chset-color-digit|0 0030 48	Template:Chset-color-digit|1 0031 49	Template:Chset-color-digit|2 0032 50	Template:Chset-color-digit|3 0033 51	Template:Chset-color-digit|4 0034 52	Template:Chset-color-digit|5 0035 53	Template:Chset-color-digit|6 0036 54	Template:Chset-color-digit|7 0037 55	Template:Chset-color-digit|8 0038 56	Template:Chset-color-digit|9 0039 57	Template:Chset-color-punct|: 003A 58	Template:Chset-color-punct|; 003B 59	Template:Chset-color-graph|< 003C 60	Template:Chset-color-graph|= 003D 61	Template:Chset-color-graph|> 003E 62	Template:Chset-color-punct|? 003F 63
4_	Template:Chset-color-punct|@ 0040 64	Template:Chset-color-alpha|A 0041 65	Template:Chset-color-alpha|B 0042 66	Template:Chset-color-alpha|C 0043 67	Template:Chset-color-alpha|D 0044 68	Template:Chset-color-alpha|E 0045 69	Template:Chset-color-alpha|F 0046 70	Template:Chset-color-alpha|G 0047 71	Template:Chset-color-alpha|H 0048 72	Template:Chset-color-alpha|I 0049 73	Template:Chset-color-alpha|J 004A 74	Template:Chset-color-alpha|K 004B 75	Template:Chset-color-alpha|L 004C 76	Template:Chset-color-alpha|M 004D 77	Template:Chset-color-alpha|N 004E 78	Template:Chset-color-alpha|O 004F 79
5_	Template:Chset-color-alpha|P 0050 80	Template:Chset-color-alpha|Q 0051 81	Template:Chset-color-alpha|R 0052 82	Template:Chset-color-alpha|S 0053 83	Template:Chset-color-alpha|T 0054 84	Template:Chset-color-alpha|U 0055 85	Template:Chset-color-alpha|V 0056 86	Template:Chset-color-alpha|W 0057 87	Template:Chset-color-alpha|X 0058 88	Template:Chset-color-alpha|Y 0059 89	Template:Chset-color-alpha|Z 005A 90	Template:Chset-color-punct|[ 005B 91	Template:Chset-color-punct|\ 005C 92	Template:Chset-color-punct|] 005D 93	Template:Chset-color-graph|^ 005E 94	Template:Chset-color-punct|_ 005F 95
6_	Template:Chset-color-graph|` 0060 96	Template:Chset-color-alpha|a 0061 97	Template:Chset-color-alpha|b 0062 98	Template:Chset-color-alpha|c 0063 99	Template:Chset-color-alpha|d 0064 100	Template:Chset-color-alpha|e 0065 101	Template:Chset-color-alpha|f 0066 102	Template:Chset-color-alpha|g 0067 103	Template:Chset-color-alpha|h 0068 104	Template:Chset-color-alpha|i 0069 105	Template:Chset-color-alpha|j 006A 106	Template:Chset-color-alpha|k 006B 107	Template:Chset-color-alpha|l 006C 108	Template:Chset-color-alpha|m 006D 109	Template:Chset-color-alpha|n 006E 110	Template:Chset-color-alpha|o 006F 111
7_	Template:Chset-color-alpha|p 0070 112	Template:Chset-color-alpha|q 0071 113	Template:Chset-color-alpha|r 0072 114	Template:Chset-color-alpha|s 0073 115	Template:Chset-color-alpha|t 0074 116	Template:Chset-color-alpha|u 0075 117	Template:Chset-color-alpha|v 0076 118	Template:Chset-color-alpha|w 0077 119	Template:Chset-color-alpha|x 0078 120	Template:Chset-color-alpha|y 0079 121	Template:Chset-color-alpha|z 007A 122	Template:Chset-color-punct|{ 007B 123	Template:Chset-color-graph|| 007C 124	Template:Chset-color-punct|} 007D 125	Template:Chset-color-graph|~ 007E 126	Template:Chset-color-undef|
8_	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
9_	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
A_	Template:Chset-color-misc|NBSP 00A0 160	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-graph|¢ 00A2 162	Template:Chset-color-graph|£ 00A3 163	Template:Chset-color-graph|¤ 00A4 164	Template:Chset-color-graph|¥ 00A5 165	Template:Chset-color-graph|¦ 00A6 166	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|§ 00A7 167	Template:Chset-color-graph|¨ 00A8 168	Template:Chset-color-graph|© 00A9 169	Template:Chset-color-graph|× 00D7 170	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|« 00AB 171	Template:Chset-color-graph|¬ 00AC 172	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SHY 00AD 173	Template:Chset-color-graph|® 00AE 174	Template:Chset-color-graph|¯ 00AF 175
B_	Template:Chset-color-graph|° 00B0 176	Template:Chset-color-graph|± 00B1 177	Template:Chset-color-digit|² 00B2 178	Template:Chset-color-digit|³ 00B3 179	Template:Chset-color-graph|´ 00B4 180	Template:Chset-color-letter|µ 00B5 181	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|¶ 00B6 182	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|· 00B7 183	Template:Chset-color-graph|¸ 00B8 184	Template:Chset-color-digit|¹ 00B9 185	Template:Chset-color-graph|÷ 00F7 186	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|» 00BB 187	Template:Chset-color-digit|¼ 00BC 188	Template:Chset-color-digit|½ 00BD 189	Template:Chset-color-digit|¾ 00BE 190	Template:Chset-color-undef|
C_	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|
D_	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|‗ 2017 223
E_	Template:Chset-color-letter|א 05D0 224	Template:Chset-color-letter|ב 05D1 225	Template:Chset-color-letter|ג 05D2 226	Template:Chset-color-letter|ד 05D3 227	Template:Chset-color-letter|ה 05D4 228	Template:Chset-color-letter|ו 05D5 229	Template:Chset-color-letter|ז 05D6 230	Template:Chset-color-letter|ח 05D7 231	Template:Chset-color-letter|ט 05D8 232	Template:Chset-color-letter|י 05D9 233	Template:Chset-color-letter|ך 05DA 234	Template:Chset-color-letter|כ 05DB 235	Template:Chset-color-letter|ל 05DC 236	Template:Chset-color-letter|ם 05DD 237	Template:Chset-color-letter|מ 05DE 238	Template:Chset-color-letter|ן 05DF 239
F_	Template:Chset-color-letter|נ 05E0 240	Template:Chset-color-letter|ס 05E1 241	Template:Chset-color-letter|ע 05E2 242	Template:Chset-color-letter|ף 05E3 243	Template:Chset-color-letter|פ 05E4 244	Template:Chset-color-letter|ץ 05E5 245	Template:Chset-color-letter|צ 05E6 246	Template:Chset-color-letter|ק 05E7 247	Template:Chset-color-letter|ר 05E8 248	Template:Chset-color-letter|ש 05E9 249	Template:Chset-color-letter|ת 05EA 250	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-undef|	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|LRM 200E 253	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|RLM 200F 254	Template:Chset-color-undef|
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FD is left-to-right mark (U+200E) and FE is right-to-left mark (U+200F), as specified in a newer amendment as ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999.

See also

• 8-bit DEC Hebrew (similar DEC code page)
• Code page 1255 (similar Windows code page)
• SI 960
• 7-bit DEC Hebrew

External links

• ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999
• Standard ECMA-121 - 8-Bit Single-Byte Coded Graphics Character Sets - Latin/Hebrew Alphabet (PDF) (1 ed.). European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). July 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-15. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Standard ECMA-121 - 8-Bit Single-Byte Coded Graphics Character Sets - Latin/Hebrew Alphabet (PDF) (2 ed.). European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). December 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-15. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) ([1])
• ISO-IR 138 Latin/Hebrew Alphabet (July 31, 1987)
• ISO-IR 198 - Latin/Hebrew Alphabet; Type: 96 Character Graphic Character Set; Registration Number: 198 (PDF) (Israel standard; identical to ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999). 1998-05-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-15. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• ISO-IR 234 - Latin/Hebrew character set for 8-bit codes; 96-Character Graphic Character Set; Registration Number: 234 (PDF) (from Israel standard SI1311:2002). 2004-07-20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-15. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Israeli Standard SI1311:2002 (Hebrew)