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.