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Help 1: In Hebrew, of the 23 consonants that exist, 3 of them can change pronunciation
when a dot is placed inside them. An English mnemonic tip for remembering that it is
these 3 consonants that change, may be memorizing the letters “BCP” or the acronym
type phrase: “Basic Changing Pronunciation”. Here:
Help 2: In Hebrew, of the 23 consonants that exist, 5 of them can change their form (or
the way they look) when they appear at the end of a word. The trend seems to be that
where the consonants previously were curved, they become straight. One way to help
you remember these “final letters” is to think of the portion of the English Alphabet that
runs from K-S/T.
Now, all of the Hebrew consonants with “final letters” that morph, happen to fall within
this range. In English, it would be the 5 letters: K, M, N, P, S/T. I included S/T as a
mnemonic device here because the Hebrew letter “Tsade” begins with those two letters
(though, they are reversed). *Notice that 2 of the letters that change pronunciation when a
dot is placed within them () also fall within this category!
Here are the Hebrew consonants in their “initial letter”, “medial letter” & “final letter”
forms:
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5 Gutturals
א
ה
ח
ע
ר
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