Hebrew For Dummies. Jill Suzanne Jacobs

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the consonant letters

Name of the Letter Pronunciation Hebrew Character The Sound It Makes
Aleph ah-lehf א Makes no sound.
Bet beht בּ Makes a B sound as in boat.
Vet veht ב Makes a V sound as in veterinarian.
Gimmel gee-mehl ג Makes a G sound as in girl.
Dalet dah-leht ד Makes a D sound as in door.
Hey hey ה Makes a soft H sound as in hello.
Vav vahv ו Also makes a V sound as in veterinarian. (Don’t ask me why.)
Zayin zah-een ז Makes a Z sound as in zipper.
Chet eht ח Makes a strong guttural H”sound. In this book, this letter is represented as .
Tet teht ה Makes a T sound as in teaspoon.
Yod yohd י Makes a Y sound at the beginning of a word, as in young. This letter also behaves like a vowel at times. I discuss it in “Those dots and dashes they call vowels” later in this chapter.
Kaf kahf כּ Makes a K sound as in kite.
Khaf khahf כ Makes a strong guttural H sound. This letter is represented in this book as kh.
Lamed lah-mehd ל Makes an L sound as in lemon.
Mem mehm מ Makes an M sound as in mouse.
Nun noon נ Makes an N sound as in no. (And you thought only Catholics had nuns.)
Samekh sah-meh ס Makes an S sound as in soda.
Ayin ah-yeen ע Makes a barely audible guttural sound in the back of the throat. (For practical purposes, as most non-native speakers can’t make this sound, this letter is a silent letter. You pronounce the vowels that are placed below it, but the letter itself doesn’t make a sound.)
Pey pay פּ Makes a P sound as in popsicle.
Fey fay פ Makes an F sound as in fish.
Tzadi tzah-dee צ Makes a hard Tz sound as in pizza. In this book, I represent it as tz.
Kof kohf ק Makes a K sound as in Kansas.
Reish raysh ר Makes an R sound as in round. This letter is actually a guttural letter. Roll it like a Spanish R and pronounce it from the back of the throat.
Shin sheen שׁ (Not Charlie’s brother or Martin’s long-lost son.) When the dot is on the right side of the letter, it makes a Sh sound. as in show. In this book, I represent it as sh.
Sin seen שׂ When the dot is on the left side of the letter, it makes an

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