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Letter | Name of Letter | Transliteration |
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א | aleph | ’ (a closing single quotation mark) |
ב | beth | b |
ג | gimel | g |
ד | daleth | d |
ה | he | h |
ו | waw | w |
ז | zayin | z |
ח | heth | kh (but h in hesed) |
ט | teth | t |
י | yod | y |
ך ,כ | kaph, final kaph | k |
ל | lamedh | l |
ם ,מ | mem, final mem | m |
ן ,נ | nun, final nun | n |
ס | samekh | s |
ע | ayin | ‘ (an opening single quotation mark) |
ף ,פ | pe, final pe | p |
ץ ,צ | tsadhe, final tsadhe | ts |
ק | qoph | q |
ר | resh | r |
שׂ | sin | s |
שׁ | shin | sh |
ת | taw | t |
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Symbol | Name of Vowel | Transliteration |
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בַ | patakh, furtive patakh | a |
בָ | qamets | a |
בָ ה | final qamets he | ah |
בֶ | segol | e |
בֵ | tsere | e |
בֵ י | tsere yod | e |
בִ | hireq | i |
בִ י | hireq yod | i |
בָ | qamets hatuph | o |
בֹ | holem | o |
בוֹ | full holem | o |
בֻ | qibbuts | u |
בוּ | shureq | u |
בֳ | hateph qamets | o |
בֲ | hateph patakh | a |
בֱ | hateph segol | e |
בְ | vocal shewa | e |
בּ | daghesh or mapiq | if a vowel precedes a daghesh, double the consonant |