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Hebrew Domain Name

Syntax rules⚓

Definitions⚓

IDN a set of standards for Domain Names containing characters used in various national languages. IDN defines a translation from a Domain Name comprised of national language characters ("U-Label Form") to a Domain Name comprised exclusively of Latin characters, digits and hyphens ("A-Label Form").

Unicode an international standard for representation of text in computer systems. The standard defines a set of characters which includes, inter alia, all writing systems currently in use in world languages, and maps each character to a numeric code ("Code-Point").

A Code-Point is referenced by a "U+" prefix, followed by a four-hexadecimal-digits number. For example, the code of the Hebrew letter Aleph ("א") is U+05D0.

Domain Name⚓

A "Domain Name" is a sequence of two characters or more, registered in the 2 nd or 3 rd level, meeting all the following cumulative requirements:

Permitted Characters⚓

A Domain Name may only be comprised of the following characters and must include at least one letter from the Hebrew alphabet characters:

Hebrew alphabet characters – the letters "א" to "ת", including final letters: "ך", "ם", "ן", "ף", "ץ" (corresponding to Unicode Code-Points U+05D0 to U+05EA).

Digits – the digits "0" to "9" (corresponding to Unicode Code-Points U+0030 to U+0039).

Hyphen – the character "-" (corresponding to Unicode Code-Point U+002D).

Length⚓

A Domain Name’s length will not exceed 63 characters when represented in the standard A-Label Form and will not be shorter than 2 characters in the U-Label Form.

The minimal length of a Domain Name is 2 characters.

Additional Limitations⚓

A Domain Name:

  • May not begin or end with a hyphen.

  • May not contain two consecutive hyphens ("--") - except for Domain Names in the standard A-Label form for Hebrew Domain Names.

  • Must comply with the technical requirements of the DNS that are in effect at the time the Application is submitted.

  • May not begin with a digit.

  • Middle and final letter are synonymous for the purpose of registering a Domain Name ("ך"="כ", "ם"="מ", "ן"="נ", "ף"="פ", "ץ"="צ"). ISOC-IL will not allocate a Domain Name where an identical Domain Name was already allocated, where the only difference between both Domain Names is middle and final letter/s (for example: if the Domain Name "שםמתחם.ישראל" was allocated, the Domain Names "שממתחמ.ישראל" or "שממתחם.ישראל" or "שםמתחמ.ישראל" cannot be used or allocated.