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> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Cc: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:13:20 +0000
> 
> BTW why is Á considered as 1 but  אַ as two characters.

For historical reasons.  The European guys defined Á as a separate
character, while niqqud guys didn't do the same for אַ (and actually
doing so in any abjad-type writing system, if you know what that is,
is an anathema).