BiblicalHebrew
Alphabet Flash Cards
For use in the study of Biblical Hebrew. Created by Ron Henzel. Copyright © 2013, reading Scripture. May be distributed free of charge, but may not be
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’alef
PRONOUNCED: glottal stop/silent TRANSLITERATED: ’
א
bet (With & without Dagesh Lene)
PRONOUNCED: b as in boy/v as in van TRANSLITERATED: b/ḇ
/בב
gimel (With & without Dagesh Lene)
PRONOUNCED: g as in girl/g as in dog TRANSLITERATED: g/ḡ
/גג
dalet (With & without Dagesh Lene)
PRONOUNCED: d as in dog/th as in they TRANSLITERATED: d/ḏ
/דד
he
PRONOUNCED: h as in hay TRANSLITERATED: h
ה
waw
PRONOUNCED: w as in way TRANSLITERATED: w
ו
zayin
PRONOUNCED: z as in Zion TRANSLITERATED: z
ז
ḥet
PRONOUNCED: ch as in Bach TRANSLITERATED: ḥ
ח
ṭet
PRONOUNCED: t as in town TRANSLITERATED: ṭ
ט
yōd
PRONOUNCED: y as you TRANSLITERATED: y
י
kaf (Regular with & without Dagesh Lene & final)PRONOUNCED: k as in king/ch as in Bach
TRANSLITERATED: k/ḵ
/כ/ךכ
lamed
PRONOUNCED: l as in Lord TRANSLITERATED: l
ל
/םמmem
PRONOUNCED: m as in mother
TRANSLITERATED: m
nun
PRONOUNCED: n as in net TRANSLITERATED: n
/ ןנ
samek
PRONOUNCED: s as in sad TRANSLITERATED: s
ס
‘ayin
PRONOUNCED: rough glottal stop/silent TRANSLITERATED: ‘
ע
pe (Regular with & without Dagesh Lene & final)
PRONOUNCED: p as in peasant/ph as in pheasant TRANSLITERATED: p/p$
/פ/ףפ
tsade
PRONOUNCED: ts as in bats TRANSLITERATED: ṣ
/ץצ
qōf
PRONOUNCED: q as in plaque TRANSLITERATED: q
ק
resh
PRONOUNCED: r as in ran TRANSLITERATED: r
ר
śin
PRONOUNCED: s as in sip TRANSLITERATED: ś
ש
šhin
PRONOUNCED: sh as in ship TRANSLITERATED: š
ש
tau (With & without Dagesh Lene)
PRONOUNCED: t as in tank/th as in thank TRANSLITERATED: t/ṯ
/תת
