The Hebrew Alphabet From Aleph to Tau

Basics of Biblical Hebrew by Gary Patico & Miles Van Pelt

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a Name: Aleph Sound: - “Ox” or “Thousand”

B b Name: Beth Sound: “Begin” or “Very” tyB - “House”

g Name: Gimmel Sound: “Gift” lmg - “Camel”

d Name: Daleth Sound: “Disciple” tld - “Door”

h Name: He Sound: “House” h - “The”

w Name: Waw (vav) Sound: “Way” w - “And”

z Name: Zayin Sound: “Zeal”

x Name: Heth Sound: “Loch” jx - “Terror”

j Name: Teth Sound: “Toy” jyj - “Clay”

y Name: Yodh Sound: “You” dy - “Hand”

$ k Name: Kaph Sound: - “Palm of the hand”

l Name: Lamedh Sound: “Listen” dml - “Learn” (Talmud – “Learning”)

m ~ Name: Mem Sound: “Man” ~Wm - “Blemish or defect”

! n Name: Nun Sound: “Name” !wn - “Increase”

s Name: Samekh Sound: “Set” $ms - “To Lay”

[ Name: ‘Ayin Sound: (Silent) !y[ - “Eye”

@ P p Name: Pe Sound: “Pray” or “Phone” “Mouth”

# c Name: Tsadhe Sound: “Hits” dc; - “Side”

q Name: Qoph Sound: “Oblique”

r Name: Resh Sound: “Ring” var - “Head”

f Name: Sin Sound: “Sin”

v Name: Shin Sound: “Shell” !v - “Tooth”

t T Name: Taw Sound: “Teach” or “Think” wt - “Mark”

Some letters have a different form when at the end of the word

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