The Hebrew word for point is נקודה

. Just like in English, it can refer to points in a game or mileage program… 

אני טס בזול בזכות הנקודות שלי באל על.

I fly cheap thanks to my points on El Al.

…or to a point one is trying to make, as in:

אולי בעוד חצי שעה הוא יגיע לנקודה.

Maybe in half an hour he’ll get to the point.

Now, נקודה is a proper Semitic term. Israelis sometimes use פואנטה

to refer to the point that someone is trying to make, as in:

אבל זאת לא הפואנטה!

But that’s not the point!