Learn To Read Hebrew From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 0 - The Hebrew Alphabets and the Vowel Signs

The word “Alphabet” comes from the first two words of greek language, namely “Alpha α“ and “Beta β”. In Hebrew language itself, the word that is used is “Alephbeth”, because it derives from the first two words of Hebrew Alfabet, namely “Aleph א” and “Beth ב”. The Hebrew language consists of 22 consonants. Hebrew does not have vowel letters such as in English (A, I U, E ,O), but instead, it has dot or scratch as the sign of its vowel which is called as “Nikkud” in Hebrew. Take a look at the following table below:

Consonant	Consonant Names	Pronunciation	Numbers
א	Aleph אָלֶף	(None)	1
בּ	Beth בֵּית	B	2
ב	Beth בֵּית	V	2
ג	Gimel גִּימֵל	G	3
ד	Dalet דָּלֶת	D	4
ה	Hey הי	H	5
ו	Waw וָו	W	6
ז	Zayin זַיִן	Z	7
ח	Khet חֵית	Kh/Ch	8
ט	Tet טֵית	T	9
י	Yod יוֹד	Y	10
כּ	Kaph ַּכַּף	K	20
כ	Kaph ַּכַּף	Kh/Ch	20
ל	Lamed ַּלָמֶד	L	30
מ	Mem ַּמֵם	M	40
נ	Nun ַּנוּן	N	50
ס	Samekh ַּסָמֶך	S	60
ע	Ayin עַיִן	(None)	70
פּ	Pey פֵּא	P	80
פ	Pey פֵּא	Ph/ F	80
צ	Tzade צַדִי	Tz/ Ts	90
ק	Qoph קוֹף	Q	100
ר	Resh רֵישׁ	R	200
שׁ	Shin שִׁין	Sh/ Sy	300
שׂ	Sin שין	S	300
תּ	Taw תָּיו	T	400

Nikkud (Vowels)	Names	Pronunciation	Vowel Types
אִ	Khiriq חִירִיק	I	Short
אֵ	Tzere צֵירֵי	E	Panjang
אֶ	Seggol סֶגּוֹל	E	Short
אַ	Patakh פַּתַח	A	Short
אָ	Qamatz Gadol קָמַץ גָּדוֹל	A	Long
אֹ	Kholam חוֹלָם	O	Long
וֹ	Kholam Maley חוֹלַם מָלֵא	O	Long
וּ	Shuruq שׁוּרוּק	U	Long
אֻ	Qubbutz קֻבּוּץ	U	Short
אְ	Shewa שְׁוָא	E/ None	-
אֱ	Khataph Segol חֲטַף סֶגּוֹל	E	-
אֲ	Khataph Patakh חֲטַף פַּתַח	A	-
אֳ	Khataph Qamatz חֲטַף קָמָץ	O	-
אָה	Qamatz Male קָמַץ מָלֵא	A	Long
אָה	Qamatz Male קָמַץ מָלֵא	A	Long
אָיו	Third Masculine Singular Suffix	Ayw	Long
אֵי	Tzere Male צֵירֵי מָלֵא	E	Long
אֶי	Segol Male סֶגּוֹל מָלֵא	E	Long
אִי	Khiriq Male חִירִיק מָלֵא	I	Long
אִי	Qamatz Qatan קָמַץ קָטָן	O	Short

*Note: The letter “Aleph א” here is just as a sample for the consonant. It is not a part of the vowel.

There are two vowel types in Hebrew, short and long. But you do not to worry this thing right now, because it will be explained later in this site.

The two tables above are all of the Hebrew consonants and vowels. However, do not let those things intimidate you in learning Hebrew. The tables above are just examples to show you all the Hebrew consonants and vowels. You do not need to memorize them right now. Because ultimately you will memorize them automatically after you follow the lessons in this book step by step.

Unlike English which is read from left to right, Hebrew language instead is one of the semitic language which is read from right to left. It is very similar with arabic language. This is, of course, really difficult for us to get used with this style. However, we will get used with it eventually.

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