Editing Hebrew numerals (section)

==Gershayim==
[[File:Baiersdorf Juedischer Friedhof 025 (cropped).JPG|thumb|upright|A tombstone from 1935 in [[Baiersdorf]], [[Germany]], reading:
<poem style="text-align:center">{{Script/Hebrew|נפטר ביום '''כׄ''' אייר}}
{{Script/Hebrew|ונקבר ביום '''כׄגׄ''' אייר}}
{{Script/Hebrew|שנת '''תׄרׄצׄהׄ''' לפׄק}}</poem>
In English:
''<poem style="text-align:center">Passed away on day '''20''' Iyar
And buried on day '''23''' Iyar
Year '''695''' without the thousands [i.e. year 5695]</poem>''
Note the dots above each letter in each number.]]
[[Gershayim]] (U+05F4 in [[Unicode]], and resembling a [[double quote]] mark) (sometimes erroneously referred to as ''merkha'ot'', which is Hebrew for double quote) are inserted before (to the right of) the last (leftmost) letter to indicate that the sequence of letters represents something other than a word.  This is used in the case where a number is represented by two or more Hebrew numerals (''e.g.,'' 28 → {{Script/Hebrew|כ״ח}}{{lrm}}).

Similarly, a single [[geresh]] (U+05F3 in Unicode, and resembling a [[single quote]] mark) is appended after (to the left of) a single letter to indicate that the letter represents a number rather than a (one-letter) word.  This is used in the case where a number is represented by a single Hebrew numeral (''e.g.'' 100 → {{Script/Hebrew|ק׳}}{{lrm}}).

Note that [[geresh]] and [[gershayim]] merely indicate "''not a (normal) word.''" Context usually determines whether they indicate a number or something else (such as an [[Hebrew abbreviations|abbreviation]]).

An alternative method found in old manuscripts and still found on modern-day tombstones is to put a dot above each letter of the number.