Biblical Hebrew Alphabet Flash Cards For use in the study of Biblical Hebrew. Created by Ron Henzel. Copyright © 2013, reading Scripture. May be distributed free of charge, but may not be resold or included with any product or item that is for sale. readingScripture.org

’alef PRONOUNCED: glottal stop/silent TRANSLITERATED: ’ א

bet (With & without Dagesh Lene) PRONOUNCED: b as in boy/v as in van TRANSLITERATED: b/ ḇ בּ/בבּ/ב

gimel (With & without Dagesh Lene) PRONOUNCED: g as in girl/g as in dog TRANSLITERATED: g/ ḡ גּ/גגּ/ג

dalet (With & without Dagesh Lene) PRONOUNCED: d as in dog/th as in they TRANSLITERATED: d/ ḏ דּ/דדּ/ד

he PRONOUNCED: h as in hay TRANSLITERATED: h ה

waw PRONOUNCED: w as in way TRANSLITERATED: w ו

zayin PRONOUNCED: z as in Zion TRANSLITERATED: z ז

ḥ et PRONOUNCED: ch as in Bach TRANSLITERATED: ḥ ח

ṭ et PRONOUNCED: t as in town TRANSLITERATED: ṭ ט

yōd PRONOUNCED: y as you TRANSLITERATED: y י

kaf (Regular with & without Dagesh Lene & final) PRONOUNCED: k as in king/ch as in Bach TRANSLITERATED: k/ ḵ כּ/כ/ךכּ/כ/ך

lamed PRONOUNCED: l as in Lord TRANSLITERATED: l ל

מ/םמ/ם mem PRONOUNCED: m as in mother TRANSLITERATED: m

nun PRONOUNCED: n as in net TRANSLITERATED: n נ / ן

samek PRONOUNCED: s as in sad TRANSLITERATED: s ס

‘ayin PRONOUNCED: rough glottal stop/silent TRANSLITERATED: ‘ ע

pe (Regular with & without Dagesh Lene & final) PRONOUNCED: p as in peasant/ph as in pheasant TRANSLITERATED: p/p ̄ פּ/פ/ףפּ/פ/ף

tsade PRONOUNCED: ts as in bats TRANSLITERATED: ṣ צ/ץצ/ץ

qōf PRONOUNCED: q as in plaque TRANSLITERATED: q ק

resh PRONOUNCED: r as in ran TRANSLITERATED: r ר

śin PRONOUNCED: s as in sip TRANSLITERATED: ś שׂ

šhin PRONOUNCED: sh as in ship TRANSLITERATED: š שׁ

tau (With & without Dagesh Lene) PRONOUNCED: t as in tank/th as in thank TRANSLITERATED: t/ ṯ תּ/תתּ/ת