Discription Letter Equivalent Letter in English Letter in Hebrew Block Letters
Takes the sound of the vowel that accompanies it, without any vowel, it is silent A, E, O, U aleph אֶלֶף א
If there is a dot inside B bet בֵּית בּ
If there is no dot inside V vet בית ב
-- G gimel גִּימֶל ג
-- D Dalet דָלֶת ד
Without any vowels, it is silent. H He הֵא ה
This letter is used also as a vowel: O - when the dot is above O vav וָו ו
This letter is used also as a vowel: U - when the dot is in the center U vav ָו ו
This letter is used also as a vowel: V - when there is no dot V vav וָו ו
-- Z zayin זַיִן ז
A guttural letter, sounds like CH in German or LOCH in Scottish KH khet חֵית ח
-- T tet טִיט ט
Is also used as vowel for the sound of I - following a letter with a dot underneath - אִי Y yud יוֹד י
With a dot inside K kaf כָּף כ
Without a dot inside KH khaf כָף ך
-- L lamed לָמֶד ל
-- M mem מֵם מ
A final letter (Sofit) of N M mem מֵם ם
-- N nun נוּן נ
A final letter (Sofit) of N N nun sofit נוּן ן
-- S Samekh סָמֶךְ ס
Takes the sound of the vowel that accompanies it. Without a Vowel it is silent A,E,O,U Ayin עַיִן ע
With a dot inside P pe פֵּא פ
Without a dot inside F fe פֵא פ
Final letter (Sofit) of F F fe פֵא ף
-- TS tsadi צָדֵי צ
A final letter (Sofit) of of TS TS tsadi sofit צָדֵי ץ
-- K kuf קוּף ק
-- R resh רֵישׁ ר
When the dot is on the right side SH shin שִׁין ש
When the dot is on the left side S sin שִׂין ש
-- T tav תָו ת

**We must note that some of the letters are pronounced differently by some people in Israel (According to their origin), it may get "the right pronounciation" of the biblical times, like - **ע** or **ח** that are pronounced in a very guttural way. But since the more normative way of pronouncing makes makes no differnece in sounds (unfortunatley maybe) between letters like **ח** and **כ** and **א** and **ע**, we, on this website will give you the most popular, spoken pronunciation.