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Name
Final/akhir Basic Sound

Alef a Silent

Bet B B as in Boy

b V as in Van

Gimel g G as in Gas

Dalet d D as in Dog

Hey h H as in Hat

V as in
Vav w Van(W)

Zayin z Z as in Zoo

CH as in
Chet x BaCH
Tet j T as in Top

Yod y Y as in You

Kaf & K K as in Key

Ch as in
$ k BaCH/ KH

Lamed l L as in Lot

Mem ~ m M as in Mat

Nun ! n N as in Nut

Samek s S as in See

Ayin [ Silent

Pey P P as in Pie

@ p F as in Fan
 TS as in
Tsade # c CaTS

Qof q K as in Key

Resh r R as in Rug

Sin f S as in See

Shin v SH as in SHe

Tav t T as in Top

Letters with Two Forms/ 2 bentuk

There are five letters that have a different form when they are the last letter of a
word.

Final Form Basic Form

$ k
! n
@ p
# c
~ m
Letters With Two Sounds

English has letters with two pronunciations, e.g., the letter "c" in city and cat, or
the "th" in this and thing. There are six letters that had two pronunciations when
Biblical Hebrew was spoken.

t p k d g b
You are learning the pronunciation of Modern Hebrew. Only three letters have
two pronunciations. The difference in pronunciation is marked by a dot in the
letter, called "weak dagesh." With the dagesh the sound is hard, without is soft.

Soft Hard
B as in Boy
V as in Van b B
CH as in K as in Key
BaCH k K
F as in Fan p P as in Pie P
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Name Sound Position

qamets a as in father
B'
patach a as in father
B;
chatef-patach a as in father
B]
tsere ey as in hey
Be
segol e as in yet
B,

B/
chatef-segol e as in yet
 chireq e as in she
Bi
chireq-yod e as in she
yBi
cholem o as in snow
Bo
cholem-vav o as in snow
AB
qibbuts u as in rule
Bu

shureq u as in rule
W
B