sqlite using LIKE and hebrew

I am trying to use SQLITE and the "like" statement with wildcards and hebrew - when I put in an english string it works correctly, such as "Select * from dbname where colname like '%123%', I will get all the entries from that column that contain 123 anywhere in the column. However if I substitute 123 with hebrew letters - it matches all the entries, not just the ones containing what I asked for. If I do not use the wilcards in the "like" it matches the exact word properly. In version 3.2.2 of sqlite this worked fine (with wildcards), later versions it does not. So for example "SELECT * from dbname where colname like '%אב%' will give me all the entries not only the ones matching אב. I tried GLOB, also did not work.

Thanks in advance for your help

Sharon Gottlieb