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Five letters that change shape at the end.
Also known as: Sofit forms, Word-final letters
The Hebrew convention giving five letters a different form when they close a word.
Give five Hebrew letters a distinct form when they occur at the end of a word.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Do the work of word spacing in a script written without it originally: the changed shape announces a boundary, which is the same problem the Devanagari headstroke solves by joining rather than by changing.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Five letters written with the descending stroke extended below the line, or with an open shape closed, when they stand at the end of a word.
Both mark word boundaries in a script that lacked spacing, one by changing letter shape and the other by joining letters into a bar.