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Hebrew alphabet

‫ז‬ ‫ב ג ד ה ו‬/‫א בּ‬
‫ז ַי ִ ן‬ ‫וָו‬ ‫הֵא‬ ‫דּ ָ ל ֶת‬ ‫גּ ִ ימ ֶ ל‬ ‫בּ ֵ ית‬ ‫אָל ֶף‬
zayin vav he daled gimel bet alef
z v h d g b/v ʾ
[z] [v] [h] [d] [g] [ b, v ] [ ʔ, Ø ]
7 6 5 4 3 2 1

‫כ ך ל מ‬/‫ח ט י כּ‬
‫כ ָף‬
‫מֵם‬ ‫ל ָמ ֶ ד‬ ‫סו ֹפ ִ ית‬ ‫כ ָף‬/‫כּ ָף‬ ‫יו ֹד‬ ‫ט ֵ ית‬ ‫ח ֵ ית‬
mem lamed khaf kaf yod tet ẖet
m l sofit k/kh y/i t ẖ/ch
[m] [l] final [ k, x ] [j] [t] [ ħ, x ]
40 30 kaf 20 10 9 8

‫פ ף‬/‫ן ס ע פּ‬ ‫ם נ‬
‫פֵּא‬ ‫פ ֵ א‬/‫פּ ֵ א‬ ‫ע ַ י ִן‬ ֶ‫סָמ‬ ‫נוּן‬ ‫נוּן‬ ‫מֵם‬
‫סו ֹפ ִ ית‬ ‫סו ֹפ ִ ית‬ ‫סו ֹפ ִ ית‬
pe pe ‘ayin samekh nun nun mem
sofit p/f ‘ s sofit n sofit
final [ p, f ] [ ʔ, Ø ] [s] final [n] final
pe 80 70 60 nun 50 mem

‫שׂ ת‬/‫שׁ‬ ‫צ ץ ק ר‬
‫תּ ָ ף‬/‫תּ ָ ו‬ ‫ש ֹ ִ ין‬
/‫שׁ ִ ין‬ ‫ר ֵ ישׁ‬ ‫קו ֹף‬ ‫צָד ִ י‬ ‫צָד ִ י‬
‫סו ֹפ ִ ית‬
taw shin resh qof ẕadi ẕadi
t s/sh r k sofit ẕ
[t] [ s, ʃ ] [ʁ] [k] final [ ts ]
400 300 200 100 ẕadi 90

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Hebrew alphabet

Common orthography additions (mainly for foreign borrowings)

'‫ג' ד' ז' ח' ע' צ' ת‬


[θ] [ʧ] [γ] [x] [ʒ] [ð] [ʤ]

Created by Simon Ager, Omniglot.com – the guide to writing systems and languages

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