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