Hebrew Alphabet



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Learning the alphabet is the way to begin learning Old Testament Hebrew.

Work at your own pace, but I would suggest you set aside at least forty-five minutes per night.

1. Memorize the Hebrew letters from the letter table just like you learned your abc's.

2. Be able to say them and write them.

Learn to write the letters on a line from right to left (just the opposite of English):

There are sound-listening skills sites on the Internet that you may use, but many of them are not Christian.

It is very difficult for a Christian to learn to speak the modern Hebrew language due to its contra-culture. When you can not trust the people because of their unbelief and blasphemy, you can not entrust them to teach you sets of words that you do not know the meaning. Nevertheless, this should not stop someone from learning to study the Torah (not the Talmud). You do not need to know how to speak modern Hebrew to learn to read Biblical Hebrew!

Use this alphabet to compare the names below unless you have HebraicaII font. You may also copy the source of the page and substitute my Hebrew font with one of your choice.

3. Also know how they sound.

4. Know how to transliterate them, even if it is in a crude sense:

Hebrew Letter	Name	Pronunciation	Final
a	aleph	' - smooth breathing - eh
b	bayth	b
g	gimel	g
d	daleth	d
h	hay	h
w	vawv	w, u
z	zayin	soft s
j	kayth	k
f	tayth	t
y	yod	i
k	kaph	k	*
l	lawmed	l
m	maym	m	*
n	nun	n	*
s	sawmek	s
[	hayin	rough breathing, guttural - ha
p	phee	f	*
x	tsawday	s	*
q	qof	q, rear palate k
r	raysh	r
v	sheen	sh
c	seen	s
t	thawv	t, th

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