Install the Hebrew (SIL) keyboard in Keyman

Install the Hebrew (SIL layout) Keyboard in Keyman

Install the Hebrew (SIL layout) keyboard on Windows.

Install the Hebrew (SIL layout) keyboard on MacOS.

Install the Hebrew (SIL layout) keyboard on iOS and android devices.

Note: If you have trouble with installation, please tell me:

Why I reommend Keyman (above) over the SBL Hebrew (SIL layout) keyboard? - While both are good, I prefer Keyman for these reasons:

Keyman is still under active development, while the SBL Hebrew keyboard has not been updated since 2008.
Keyman is available on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and android. But the SBL Hebrew keyboard is available on Window and MacOS only.
Keyman has the same charcter encoding across all platforms, but the SBL Hebrew keyboard has different encoding for Sin and Shin between Windows and MacOS. This will cause a potential issue in online grading if online tests require Hebrew typing.

Keyman has two versions of SIL Hebrew keyboard, one is called ❎ Hebrew (SIL) ❎ , the other ✅ Hebrew Legacy (SIL) ✅ . Please install the Hebrew Legacy (SIL) keyboard. The Hebrew (SIL) keyboard will do some letter transformation depending on our typing order, which may result in unexpected outputs.

Keyman is provided for us as a free software. If you enjoy using it, you may consider making a donation to SIL International (the organization behind Keyman).
I appreciate their work and would like to share the information here. To donate, visit the Donation page (disclaimer: I'm not affliated in anyway with the organization and do not benefit in anyway from your donation except that I can continue to use Keyman as you do).

Video Tutorial on typing Qamets and Qamets Hatuph.

Qamets Hatuph occurs much less frequently than Qamets in the Biblical Hebrew. There are about 7717 occurrences of Qamets Hatuph in the Hebrew Bible; but there are 144303 occurrences of Qamets (18.7 times more than Qamets Hatuph) in the Hebrew Bible.

Of the 7717 occurrences of Qamets Hatuph, 4347 are כׇּל; 136 are inflected forms of קֹ֫דֶשׁ; about 54 are Hophal verbs. There are many of Qal infinitive constructs or imperfect/imperative verbs that have the stem vowel Holem reduced to Qamets Hatuph when a suffix is attached.