Hebrew letters differentiate between final and non final forms

Question

I had installed cjhebrew package on Mac OS and TeXShop. Hebrew letters. Issue: I had a hard time to differentiate:

The small k is suppose to typset a Kaf symbol while K supposed to typset a Kaf final form Any suggestions are welcome

\centering
\begin{tabular}{ l l l }
1.      Aleph       &\hspace {0.5 cm}       & \cjRL{'}  \\    %
2. Bet          &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{ b}  \\
3.          Gimmel  &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{ g}  \\
4.           Dalet  &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{d}   \\
5.      Hey     &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{h}  \\
6.      Vav     &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{w}   \\
7.      Zayin   &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{z}    \\ 
8.      Chet        &\hspace{ 0.5 cm}       &\cjRL{.h}  \\ 
9.          Tet     &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{.t} \\
 10.        Yod     &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{ y} \\   
11.         Caph    &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{k}   \\   % change to small k not final 17/jul 
12.         Lamed   &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{l}  \\
13.     Mem     &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{m} \\
14.     Nun     &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{N}\\
15.     Samek   &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{s}   \\
16.     Ayin        &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{.s} \\
17.     Pey     &\hspace{0.5cm}     &\cjRL{pf}\\
18.     Tzadi   &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{.S}  \\
19.     Qopf        &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{q} \\
20.     Resh        &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{r}   \\
21.     Shin        &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{,s}   \\
22.     Tav     &\hspace{0.5 cm}        &\cjRL{ t} \\ 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Please post a full example, clearly showing the issue you are having. It can probably be shown outside of the tabular environment. — Ingmar, Jul 17 '22 at 06:36
Both k and K work for me, both inside a tabular and outside. — Cicada, Jul 17 '22 at 09:38
Please post code that can compile and shows the error. Final and non-final forms work for me, but I cannot guess what other code/package(s) you are using. — Cicada, Jul 18 '22 at 07:13
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{cjhebrew}
\centering \begin{tabular} { l l l }

Caph &\hspace{0.5 cm} &\cjRL{k} \

11a. Caph final form &\hspace{0.5 cm} &\cjRL{K}\ 13. Mem form &\hspace{0.5 cm} &\cjRL{m} \
13a. Mem final form &\hspace{0.5cm} &\cjRL{M} \
14. Nun &\hspace{0.5 cm} &\cjRL{N}\ 14a. Nun. final form &\hspace{0.5cm} &\cjRL{n} \ 18. Tzadi final form &\hspace{0.5 cm} &\cjRL{.S} \ \end{tabular}

\end{document} — mark, Jul 18 '22 at 10:11
tabular or not tabular it makes no diffence. Issue is: cjRL {k} Is same as \cjRL{K}. — mark, Jul 18 '22 at 10:12
Solution is to use \cjRL{k/zeronojoin}. This is for non final form — mark, Jul 18 '22 at 13:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '22 at 12:15

Do texdoc cjhebrew for the manual.

Use K if you want the final form to appear in the middle of a word. Two other methods, k! and k\endofword will also produce the final form where it is not automatically produced.

And there are two methods to produce the non-final form where otherwise the final form will be auto-produced.

"Normally the final letters are used automatically; <mlk> will become !Klm. Sometimes it is necessary to use final letters in places where they will not be set automatically, e. g. in the middle of a word. To do this you either use the coding according to table 1 or you put an exclamation mark (!) after the consonant; alternatively you can use the \endofword command. For example, a final mem could be achieved by typing <M>, <m!> or <m\endofword>. On the other hand, sometimes you will not want this automatic replacement. In these cases you put | after the consonant or use the \zeronojoin com- | mand. Both <m|> and <m\zeronojoin> will give you a normal mem."

MWE

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{cjhebrew}
\begin{document}
\<mkl> normal
&lt;mlk> auto final
&lt;mKl> final form K in middle of word
&lt;mk!l> final form k! in middle of word
&lt;mk\endofword l> final form k\textbackslash endofword in middle of word
&lt;mlk|> auto final suppressed with k|
&lt;mlk\zeronojoin> auto final suppressed with k\textbackslash zeronojoin
\end{document}

Your code works on my Mac OS TExShop. I am wondering why you dont use the \cjRL{k} command — mark, Jul 18 '22 at 12:53

mark · Answer 2 · 2022-07-19T05:43:52.540

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Note: This is correct. The Hebrew Ayin is fixed here.

edited Jul 19 '22 at 05:43

answered Jul 19 '22 at 02:33

mark

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Hebrew letters differentiate between final and non final forms

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