Consonants and Vowels Introduction

Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar Level 1

​Consonants and Vowels Introduction

Hebrew has 7 final letters

• ּך Kaf sofeet ך Khaf sofeet

• ם Mem sofeet

• ן Nun sofeet

• ּף Pey sofeet ף Fey sofeet

• ץ Tsade sofeet

Final Form/Sofeet's

Biblical Hebrew consists of 29 consonants.

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Biblical Hebrew consists of vowels:

A, E, I, O, U, {Y as a (dipthong) }

Consonants

Structure

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BegadKephat Letters

בּ גּ דּ כּ פּ תּ

בּ b as in boy

גּ g as in Go

דּ d as in day

ב ג ד כ פ ת

כּ K as in King

פּ p as in plant

תּ t as in toy

ב V as in vine

ג j as in jump

ד dh as in dhali

כ ch as in Bach

פ f as in feed

ת th as in thin

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Guttural Letters

Four Hebrew letters are called gutturals.

The guttural letters are א, ה, ח, ע and ר

They are called gutturals because they are pronounced in the back of the throat

Aleph Bet

​Let's learn the Alephbet !

Draw

Draw the letter Aleph

Draw

Draw the letter Bet

Draw

Draw the letter Vet

Draw

Draw the letter Gimel

Match

Match the following

Aleph

Bet

Gimel

Vet

Jimel

• Aleph

• Bet

• Gimel

• Vet

• Jimel

Draw

Draw the letter Dalet

Draw

Draw the letter Hey

Draw

Draw the letter Waw

Draw

Draw the letter Tzion

Match

Match the following

Dalet

Dhalet

Tzion

Hey

Waw

• Dalet

• Dhalet

• Tzion

• Hey

• Waw

Draw

Draw the letter Chet

Draw

Draw the letter Tet

Draw

Draw the letter Yod

Draw

Draw the letter Caph

Draw

Draw the letter Chaph

Match

Match the following

Chet

Tet

Yod

Caph

Chaph

• Chet

• Tet

• Yod

• Caph

• Chaph

Draw

Draw the letter Lamed

Draw

Draw the letter Mem

Draw

Draw the letter Nun

Draw

Draw the letter Samech

Draw

Draw the letter Ayin

Match

Match the following

Lamed

Mem

Nun

Samech

Ayin

• Lamed

• Mem

• Nun

• Samech

• Ayin

Draw

Draw the letter Pay

Draw

Draw the letter Fey

Draw

Draw the letter Tsade

Draw

Draw the letter Kuff

Draw

Draw the letter Resh

Match

Match the following

Pay

Fey

Tsade

Kuff

Resh

• Pay

• Fey

• Tsade

• Kuff

• Resh

Draw

Draw the letter Shin

Draw

Draw the letter Sin

Draw

Draw the letter Tauw

Draw

Draw the letter Thauw

Match

Match the following

Shin

Sin

Tauw

Thauw

• Shin

• Sin

• Tauw

• Thauw

​Vowels

Match

Match the following

Patach

Segol

Qibbuts

Qamats

Cholem

• Patach

• Segol

• Qibbuts

• Qamats

• Cholem

​Practice Reading each line

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​​Practice Reading each line

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​​Practice Reading each line

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​​Practice Reading each line

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​​Practice Reading each line

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​​Practice Reading each line

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​​Practice Reading each line

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​​​Practice Reading each line

​Practice reading each line

​Practice reading each line

​Practice reading each line

Hebrew has 7 final letters

• ּך Kaf sofeet ך Khaf sofeet

• ם Mem sofeet

• ן Nun sofeet

• ּף Pey sofeet ף Fey sofeet

• ץ Tsade sofeet

Final Form/Sofeet's

Final Letters

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Final Mem ם examples

God, Gods אֶֶֶֶלֹוהִים

Day יוֹם

people עַם

name, reputation שֵׁם

Water מַיִם

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Final Nun ן examples

son בֵּן

to give, put, place, נָתַן

is not, nothing אַיִן

Lord, master אָדוֹן

Priest כֹּהֵן

Final Caph ך examples

King, Ruler מֶלֶך

to go, walk הָלַך

way, road, journey דֶרֶך

blessed, praised adored בָּרַך

darkness חֹשֶׁך

Final Tsade ץ examples

land, earth, ground אֶרֶץ

collect, gather קָבַץ

counsel, advise יָעַץ

delight in, take pleasure חָפֵץ

wash, bathe oneself רָחַץ

Final Fey ף examples

thousand אֶלֶף

silver, money כֶּסֶף

hand, palm, sole of foot כַּף

pursue, follow רָדַף

to burn (completely) destroy שָׂרַף