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Dots above letters in the line.
Also known as: Puncta extraordinaria, Extraordinary points
The Masoretic convention placing dots above certain letters or words of the Hebrew Bible.
Marks certain letters or words in the Hebrew Bible with dots placed above them.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Occurs in a fixed and small number of places, all of them recorded, so the dots are part of the transmitted text rather than a reader's annotation.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Usually understood as flagging a word the tradition regarded as doubtful, which would make it the closest Hebrew equivalent of the Alexandrian obelos, though the parallel is a scholarly comparison rather than a documented borrowing.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A single dot set above each affected letter, in the line of the text rather than in the margin.