Shelach Brought to you by ח Chet and כ ך Chaf
Review ד Dalet ב Bet ר Resh ה Hey א Alef ל Lamed ם מ Mem ג Gimmel ש Shin ן נ Nun י Yod ו Vav ת Tav
Review Vowel Marks Sound like the bolded letters ¦t feet ¤t egg ¥t egg or day ©t far ¨t ox or go «t go ªt boot ¢ t unaccented mark § t stop or short vowel
Review Vav – a vowel indicator «u open U Boot ²U va «U o «u‰m tzvo,«u‰m ¦n mitz-vot
ח Chet - sin ח Chet - sin Not Broken No foot Pronounced ch as in Yohan Sebastian Bach the composer
ך כ Chof – Palm of the hand lflf Drops below the earth line Rounded The overhang is irrelevant
כ Chof with dagesh כ Chof with dagesh Chof sounds like F Kof – King f Chof – Bach
Chaf Sofit rules WQWQ Chaf Sofit (end or final form) always has one of two vowel marks. The Shiva is silent and the Chamats is always pronounced like the o in ox. Chamatz Shiva
Find ב Bet and Vet
Find א Alef and ל Lamed
ה Hey, ת Tav and ח Chet
ר Resh, ד Dalet and ך Chof Sofit
כ Chof, Kof and נ ן Nun כ Chof, Kof and נ ן Nun
ו Vav, י Yod ו Vav, י Yod
ש Shin, Sin מ Mem ם Mem Sofit ש Shin, Sin מ Mem ם Mem Sofit
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