The Hebrew Alphabet

The Hebrew AlphabetThe Hebrew Alphabet

From Aleph to Tau

Basics of Basics of Biblical Biblical HebrewHebrew

bybyGary Patico & Gary Patico & Miles Van PeltMiles Van Pelt

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• IdeagramsIdeagrams

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• IdeagramsIdeagrams

• Syllable MarkersSyllable Markers

History of WritingHistory of Writing

• PictographsPictographs

• IdeagramsIdeagrams

• Syllable MarkersSyllable Markers

• AlphabetAlphabet

aName: Aleph

Sound: ‘

@la - “Ox”

or

“Thousand”

B bName: Beth

Sound: “Begin” or “Very”

tyB - “House”

gName: Gimmel

Sound: “Gift”

lmg - “Camel”

dName: Daleth

Sound: “Disciple”

tld - “Door”

hName: He

Sound: “House”

h - “The”

wName: Waw (vav)

Sound: “Way”

w - “And”

zName: Zayin

Sound: “Zeal”

xName: Heth

Sound: “Loch”

jx - “Terror”

jName: Teth

Sound: “Toy”

jyj - “Clay”

yName: Yodh

Sound: “You”

dy - “Hand”

$ kName: Kaph

Sound: “Keep”

@k - “Palm of the hand”

lName: Lamedh

Sound: “Listen”

dml - “Learn”

(Talmud – “Learning”)

m ~

Name: Mem

Sound: “Man”

~Wm - “Blemish or defect”

! nName: Nun

Sound: “Name”

!wn - “Increase”

sName: 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”

qName: Qoph

Sound: “Oblique”

rName: Resh

Sound: “Ring”

var - “Head”

fName: Sin

Sound: “Sin”

vName: Shin

Sound: “Shell”

!v - “Tooth”

t TName: Taw

Sound: “Teach” or “Think”

wt - “Mark”

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

# c# c

$ k$ km m ~~

@ p@ p

! n! n

Begadkephat LettersBegadkephat Letters

B as in boy

bB

V as in vine

G as in God

gG

Gh as in aghast

D as in day

dD

Dh as in the

K as in king

kK

Ch as in church

P as in pastor

pP

Ph as in Phase

T as in toy

tT

Th as in thin

Daghesh LeneDaghesh Lene

Look AlikesLook Alikes

b and kg and n

h and x and t~ and s

d and r and $

Look AlikesLook Alikes

c and [w and zw and !$ and !