Hebrew for Christians

The Complete Hebrew Vowel List

Mark Name Sound Hebrew Trans. Class Type
a' Qamets a as in aqua #meq' a Long

a; Patach a as in aqua xt;P; a Short

A-Type
a] Chateph Patach a as in aqua xt;P; @jex' a Reduced

ha' Qamets Hey a as in aqua ahe #meq' ah Long

ae Tsere e as in they yrEce e Long

a, Segol e as in they lAgs, e Short

a/ Chateph Segol e as in they lAgs, @jex' e Reduced E-Type

yae Tsere Yod ei as in eight dAy yrEce ei Long

ya, Segol Yod ey as in obey dAy lAgs, ey Long

i as in
ai Chireq
machine
qr<yxi i Short
I-Type
i as in
yai Chireq Yod
machine
dAy qr<yxi i Long

ao Cholem o as in yellow ~l,Ax o Long

a\ Chateph Qamets o as in yellow #meq' @jex' o Reduced

O-Type
Qamets
a' Chatuph
o as in yellow @Wjx' #meq' o Short

Aa Cholem Vav o as in yellow ww" ~l,Ax o Long

au Qibbuts u as in blue #WBqi u Short

U-Type
Wa Shureq u as in blue qr<Wv u Long

Vocal: short e (vocal)

a. Sheva
Silent: no sound
aw"v. e
Short

Combined Sounds

ya; ya' yIa; yAa yWa wya'

ai ai aiy oy uy av
(long) (long) (long) (long) (long) (long)

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