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The Aleph-Bet
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- Aleph Aleph has no sound of its own but originally was a glottal stop, like the beginning sound of uh-huh.
- Aleph (cursive)
- Bet Bet has two different sounds, B if it has a dot (dagesh) in it [] and V if it does not have dagesh []
- Bet (cursive)
= b = v
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- Gimmel Gammal in Hebrew means camel. Does the shape of the Gimmel re-mind you of a camel?Gimmel sounds like G as in go - Gimmel (cursive)
= G
- Dalet Dalet makes the sound of D as in dog - Dalet (cursive)
= DHorizontal stroke extends past the vertical leg of the letter
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Vowel signs ()Vowel signs are written:
Beside the letter Under & beside the letter
Two vowels which say a as in fa ther
Two vowels which say ee as in feet
qametz patach
Two vowels which say o as in hole
chiriq qatan
chiriq gadol
cholam
cholam vav
Under the letter
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- Hey Hey sounds like H as in hat, but at the end of a word it is silent.
- Hey (cursive)
= Hbe sure there is a break here
- Vav Vav sounds like the letter V, and sometimes a vav is used to indicate a vowel.
- Vav (cursive)
= Vbe sure the top stroke does not go past the horizontal leg
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- Zayin Zayin sounds like the Zin Zoo- Zayin (cursive)
= Zthe horizontal stroke goes beyond the verticle leg
- Chet Chet sounds like the rough, German ch in Ach!. It sounds like an h with the throat closed.
- Chet (cursive)
= chNote:no gap like the
Note:no foot like the
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More vowel signs ()
Vowel which makes a quick short e sound, as in petunia or is silent
Two vowels which say oo as in food
Qibutz
Shuruq
Vowel which says long a as in fate
Tzayreh
Vowel which says short e as in get
Seghol
or short e as in get
Sheva
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- Tet Tet sounds like the t in toy
- Tet (cursive)
= t
- Yod Yod sounds like the letter y in yes and sometimes is used as a vowel letter.
- Yod (cursive)
= y
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/ - Kaf/Kaf soffit Kaf sounds like the when it is written without dagesh, and like the letter k when written with dagesh. Final kaf has the same sounds as initial or medial kaf.
- Kaf (cursive)
= ch = kNote: base horizontal does not extend beyond the verticle
= L - Lamed - Lamed (cursive)
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/ - Mem/Mem soffit - Mem (cursive)
/ - Nun/Nun soffit Note that the nun soffit is longer
than the vav ( ,) which is the only way it is distinguished
- Nun (cursive)
= N
Note that the mem soffit has a flat baseline with-out the corners rounded.
= M
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- Samech - Samech (cursive)
Note that the samech has a rounded baseline or corners which are cut off, distinquishing it from the mem soffit
= S
mem soffit samech
-Ayin - Ayin (cursive)
Ayin is a SILENT LETTER, though in ancient times it may have had a deep, glottal stop, somewhat like the stopped throaty sound in uh-huh. In Arabic the the equivalent letter is a throaty G sound.
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Note that the peh soffit cursive has the final tale curling downward and back toward the verticle stroke
/ - Peh/Peh soffit - Peh (cursive)
= ph = p
/ - Tzadi/Tzadi soffit- Tzadi (cursive)
Note that the tzadi soffit cursive has the final tale curling upward
= tz
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- Resh- Resh (cursive)
= RNote that the horizontal stroke of the resh does not cross the verticle stroke as is the case in the letter dalet
dalet resh
- Kof - Kof (cursive)
= K
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/ - Seen/Sheen- Seen/Sheen (cursive)
= S, = ShNote: in cursive if no dot is written the letter is assumed to be a Sheen
- Tav- Tav (cursive)
= TNote the similarities between
breakno break
no foot foot
heychet
tav
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Complete Aleph/Bet
/ = patach/qametz a as in father
/ = chiriq qatan/chiriq gadol ee as in feet
/ = cholem/cholem vav long o as in hole
/ = qibbutz/shuruq oo as in food
= tzere a as in fate or e as in get
= seghol short e as in get
Vowels = sheva very short e as
in petunia/ = ai as in aisle = same as sim ple patach a = same as sim ple qametz a sometimes long o = same as sim ple seghol e
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Additional Vowels = ay as in say = chataf patach same as sim ple patach = chametz chatuf sometimes long o, often same as simple chametz = same as simple seghol