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Lesson 2 – Alphabet
Beginner Level

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Transcription
In this beginner-level lesson we’ll review the twenty-two letters of
the Hebrew alphabet. We’ll say the name of each letter and hear a We’ll use transcription in our lesson
word or two that begin with that letter. We’ll then discuss guides to help you read new Hebrew
pronunciation. words. You should read the transcription
as if it was English. We’ll use hyphens to
Here to help us is Noa. help the pronunciation. We’ll use é and à
Hello Noa. .‫ׁשלֹום נֹועָ ה‬
ָ to better approximate the Hebrew sounds.
Shà-lom no-à You should pronounce those as you
would in French. Are you familiar with the
Hello. !‫שלום‬
expression déjà vu, or the word résumé?
Noa, let’s begin with the first letter of the alphabet... If so, then you should pronounce these
two accents accordingly. Otherwise,

Alef (À-léf) ‫ָאלֶ ף‬ ‫א‬ pronounce é like the e in let and

pronounce à like the a in bark or the u
in up.
This letter, ‫אלף‬, is one of a few letters in Hebrew that can serve as
either a consonant or a vowel. Hebrew uses accents called Nikkud Finally we’ll use h (the letter h with an
rather than vowel letters to indicate the sound. There are five basic underscore) to denote the sound of the
sounds in Hebrew: ַ‫( א‬À), ֵ‫( א‬É), ִ‫( א‬EE), ֹ ‫( א‬O), and ֻ‫( א‬OO). letter Het (‫ )ח‬or the loose version of the
letter Kaf (‫)כ‬. You should refer to lesson 2
We should mention that in modern Hebrew writing, the Nikkud is
to hear this sound.
simply omitted. You’ll need to read whole words and remember
how to pronounce them.
So ‫ אלף‬is mostly used as a consonant. Let’s see an example...
A lion Àr-yé ‫ַארי ֵה‬
ְ
That’s a lion – ‫אריה‬. The ַ‫ א‬sound comes from the throat. It sounds
The Hebrew Alphabet
like the u in up, but a bit more from the throat.
Hebrew letters look quite different than
Noa, what’s the second letter in Hebrew? English, some of their sounds are not
found in English, and they are written from
Bet (Bét) ‫ּבֵית‬ ‫ב‬ right to left, nevertheless, the two
alphabets are not as different as it first
The letter ‫ בית‬has an interesting quality. It has two possible sounds. appears.
The first is a stressed sound that’s similar to the letter B, and the For starters, even the word alphabet is
second is a loose sound similar to the letter V. Let’s see an similar to the Hebrew ‫אלפבית‬. Alphabet
example of the former... originates from the first two letters in
Hebrew, ‫ אלף‬and ‫בית‬, as well as the
A duck Bàr-vàz ‫ּב ְַרוָז‬
Greek alpha and beta.
That’s a duck – ‫ברווז‬. We hear the B sound in ‫ברווז‬. For an example Consider the following 12 consonants.
of the V sound of ‫ בית‬you may remember that in our previous They are in the same order in Hebrew as
lesson we learned the word ‫אוהבת‬, which means ‘loves’. You can their equivalent sounding letters in
here the V sound in ‫אוהבת‬. English.

Gimel (Gi-mél) ‫ּגִימֶ ל‬ ‫ג‬ ‫ת ש ר ק פ נ מ ל כ ד ב א‬

A B D K L MN P Q R S T
The letter ‫ גימל‬is pronounced like G in go. Let’s see an example...
A camel Gà-màl ‫ּגָמָ ל‬
A camel is ‫גמל‬. This letter also has an interesting feature. When
there’s an apostrophe on the letter ‫גימל‬, it’s pronounced like G in
George. Old Hebrew doesn’t have this sound. In modern Hebrew
we use an apostrophe on the letter ‫ גימל‬to make this sound. This is
useful for spelling words borrowed from other languages.

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Dalet (Dà-lét) ‫ָּדלֶ ת‬ ‫ד‬ Letters as Numbers

The letter ‫ דלת‬sounds like the letter D. Let’s see an example. Since Hebrew letters can also be used as
we’re using animals as examples, the word for a bear is... numbers, with ‫ א‬being 1, ‫ ב‬being 2, and ‫ג‬
being 3. For example, '‫ יום ג‬means
A bear Dov ‫ּד ֹב‬ Tuesday, which is the third day of the
week. '‫ יום ו‬is Friday. (Saturday however
Okay, moving on?
is special, it’s ‫יום שבת‬.)

He (Héy) ‫הֵ א‬ ‫ה‬ The following table shows the value of

each letter. Numbers are written by
The letter ‫ הא‬sounds like H in English. At the end of a word, the stringing letters so that their values add
letter ‫ הא‬can be silent. Like ‫אלף‬, ‫ הא‬can also function as a vowel, up to the number.
often at the end of a word. For example, the second ‫ הא‬in the word
‫ַאהֲ ָבה‬, which means love, serves as a vowel, and we don’t hear any ‫טח ז ו הד ג ב א‬
H sound. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Noa, what animal begins with ‫?הא‬
‫צ פ ע ס נ מ ל כ י‬
A hippo Hi-po-po-tàm ‫הִ יּפֹוּפֹוטָ ם‬
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
‫ היפופוטם‬as you probably guessed means a hippo.
‫ת ש ר ק‬
The letter ‫ הא‬has an important use. It’s used for the definite article.
It has a name in Hebrew. It’s called ‫הֵ א הַ ּי ְִדיעָ ה‬. It is not a separate 100 200 300 400
word like ‘the’. Instead it’s attached as a prefix to the word that For example, ‫ ל"ג‬is 33 because ‫ ל‬is 30
follows. Let’s look at a few examples: and ‫ ג‬is 3 (30+3=33). The double quotes
.‫ וְהַ ּד ֹב‬,‫ הַ ּגָמָ ל‬,‫ הַ ּב ְַרוָז‬,‫ַארי ֵה‬
ְ ָ‫ה‬ " does not count. It’s usually used to
Hà-àr-yé, hà-bàr-vàz, hà-gà-màl, vé-hà-dov denote an abbreviation.

This means the lion, the duck, the camel, and the bear,
respectively.
Terminal Letters
Next, we come to the sixth letter which is...
‫אותיות סופיות‬
Vav (Vàv) ‫וָו‬ ‫ו‬ O-ti-yot so-fi-yot

‫ וו‬is often used as a vowel. It can sound like O. For example, in the There are five Hebrew letters that are
word ‫אוהבת‬. It can also sound like the double O in book. For written differently when they are at the
example, in the word ‫ גמור‬that we heard in our previous lesson end of a word. These are:
when Rina said ‫בסדר גמור‬.
‫ וו‬can also be used as a consonant and sound like the letter V. Noa, ‫שלומך‬ ‫כף סופית‬
let’s hear an example of a word like that. How do you say a virus? Shlom-hà Kàf so-fit ‫ך‬
‫שלום‬ ‫מם סופית‬
A virus Vi-roos ‫וִירּוס‬
Shà-lom Mém so-fit ‫ם‬
‫ וירוס‬means a virus. This word is obviously borrowed from another
‫מצוין‬ ‫נון סופית‬
language. Hebrew is an ancient language that has been revived
around the end of the nineteenth century. Therefore, words like Mé-tsoo-yàn Noon so-fit ‫ן‬
virus, atom, and telephone were brought into Hebrew from other ‫ינשוף‬ ‫פא סופית‬
languages. Yàn-shoof Pé so-fit ‫ף‬
The letter ‫ וו‬has another function. Because Hebrew does not have a ‫עץ‬ ‫צדי סופית‬
letter that sounds like W, it uses two consecutive ‫ וו‬to make this Éts Tsà-di so-fit ‫ץ‬
sound. For example the word ‫ וולבי‬which means a wallaby. This
usage is typically for words that were borrowed from another ‫ עץ‬means a tree or wood.
language.

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Okay Noa, what’s next?

Zayin (Zà-yin) ‫ַזי ִן‬ ‫ז‬ Examples

‫ּד ֹב חּום‬
The letter ‫ זין‬sounds like Z. Now, how about an example?
Dov hoom
A fly Z-voov ‫זְבּוב‬ Brown bear
A fly is ‫זבוב‬. So ‫ זין‬sounds like Z, except when there’s an ‫הַ חֲ מֹור וְהַ חֲ זִיר‬
apostrophe on the letter ‫זין‬. In that case, it is pronounced like the Hà-hà-mor vé-hà-hà-zir
letter J in French. For example in the French name '‫ז'ורז‬. The donkey and the pig
Noa, let’s spell the word ‫זבוב‬. ‫ָּדג טּונָה‬
.‫ זְבּוב‬.‫ ּבֵ ית‬,‫ וָו‬,‫ ּבֵית‬,‫ַזי ִן‬ Dàg too-nà
Zà-yin, Bét, vàv, bét. z-voov. Tuna fish
‫יַנְׁשּוף עֵ צִים‬
Okay, let’s go on.
Yàn-shoof éts-im
Het (Hét) ‫חֵ ית‬ ‫ח‬ Long-eared owl (literally trees owl)

Now that’s a hard one to pronounce. Let’s hear that again...

Het Hét ‫חֵ ית‬
‫ חית‬really doesn’t have an equivalent sound in English. It sounds
similar to J in Spanish like in the name José. ‫ חית‬is pronounced Stressed and Loose
from the throat, like the sound made when you’re clearing your There are six letters in Hebrew that can
throat. be “stressed”, but in modern Hebrew you
Okay Noa, let’s do a couple of examples with ‫חית‬. can only hear the difference with three of
these letters: .‫ פא‬,‫ כף‬,‫בית‬
A pig Hà-zir ‫חֲ זִיר‬ When a word begins with one of these
That means a pig – ‫חזיר‬. And... letters, then the letter is always stressed.
When a word ends with one of these
A donkey Hà-mor ‫חֲ מֹור‬ letters, then the letter is never stressed.
A donkey is ‫חמור‬. This word, ‫חמור‬, is also used for name calling,
meaning an idiot, and it’s a rather mild expletive.
Let’s go on...
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Tet (Tét) ‫טֵ ית‬ ‫ט‬ When you look up Hebrew words in the
dictionary, remember to strip any prefixes.
The letter ‫ טית‬sounds like the letter T. For example? Examples:

A tuna Too-nà ‫טּונָה‬ Instead of Look up

‫ טונה‬mean tuna as in tuna fish. Noa, let’s spell ‫טונה‬. ‫( הספר‬the book) ‫( ספר‬book)
‫( ואני‬and me) ‫( אני‬me)
.‫ טּונָה‬.‫ הֶ א‬,‫ נּון‬,‫ וָו‬,‫טֵ ית‬
‫( שבאה‬that came) ‫( באה‬came)
Tét, vàv, noon, héy. Too-nà
‫( לעיר‬to the city) ‫( עיר‬city)
Okay Noa, what’s the next letter?

Yud (Yood) ‫יּוד‬ ‫י‬

When used as a consonant, ‫ יוד‬sounds like the letter Y. When used
as a vowel, ‫ יוד‬sounds like I in pig. Let’s see an example of ‫ יוד‬as a
consonant.

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An owl Yàn-shoof ‫יַנְׁשּוף‬

An owl is ‫ינשוף‬. Another word that begins with ‫ יוד‬is ‫ ילד‬which Morphology
means a child. Next we come to another interesting letter... A characteristic of the Hebrew language is
that most words are derived from a root of
Kaf (Kàf) ‫ּכָף‬ ‫כ‬ 3-4 consonants. Multiple words with
similar meaning are derived from the
Like we saw before with the letter ‫בית‬, the letter ‫ כף‬has also two same root.
possible sounds. A stressed sound similar to K—for example, ‫כלב‬, In our example here, we have the word
a dog—and a loose sound similar to the Hebrew letter ‫חית‬. In our ‫ מאובן‬which is derived from the root ‫אבן‬.
previous lesson we saw an example of the soft sounding ‫ כף‬in the Let’s see some other words derived from
word ‫יכולה‬. ‫אבן‬.
Another interesting feature of the letter ‫ כף‬is that it is written
differently at the end of a word. It’s called ‫ּכָף סֹופִ ית‬. Stone ‫אֶ בֶן‬
é-vén
Let’s see a couple of examples of animals that begin with ‫כף‬. The
first, I just mentioned: Fossil ‫מְ אֻ ָּבן‬
mé-oo-bàn
A dog Ké-lév ‫ּכֶלֶ ב‬
Tartar (as in teeth) ‫ַא ְב ִנית‬
‫ – כלב‬that’s a dog. And another example? àv-nit
A shark Kà-rish ‫ּכ ִָריׁש‬
That’s a shark – ‫כריש‬.
Ready for the next letter?

Lamed (Là-méd) ‫לָ מֶ ד‬ ‫ל‬ Examples

‫ּכֶלֶ ב נֶחְ מָ ד‬
‫ למד‬sounds like the letter L. Any animal beginning with ‫?למד‬ Ké-lév néh-màd
A lizard Lé-tà-à ‫לְ טָ ָאה‬ Nice dog
‫ּכ ִָריׁש לָ ָבן‬
A lizard is ‫לטאה‬. Noa, let’s spell ‫לטאה‬.
Kà-rish là-vàn
.‫ לְ טָ ָאה‬.‫ הֵ א‬,‫ ָאלֶ ף‬,‫ טֵ ית‬,‫לָ מֶ ד‬
White shark
Là-méd, Tét, à-léf, héy. Lé-tà-à.
‫לְ טָ ָאה ז ְִריזָה‬
Let’s continue. Lé-tà-à zri-zà

Mem (Mém) ‫מֵ ם‬ ‫מ‬ Literally nimble lizard (Lacerta laevis – a

lizard native to Israel)
‫ מם‬sounds like the letter M. And how do you say fossil in Hebrew? ‫מְ אֻ ָּבנִים‬
Mé-oo-bà-nim
A fossil Mé-oo-bàn ‫מְ אֻ ָּבן‬
Fossils
A fossil is ‫מאובן‬. The word is derived from ‫אבן‬, a word that means ‫ְׁש ִרים‬
ָ ‫ֵקן נ‬
rock, because ‫ מאובן‬describes something that turned into a rock. Kén né-shà-rim
The letter ‫ מם‬turns into ‫ מם סופית‬when it’s at the end of a word. Eagles nest
The next letter is...

Nun (Noon) ‫נּון‬ ‫נ‬

‫ נון‬sounds like the letter N. Like ‫ כף סופית‬and ‫מם סופית‬, ‫ נון‬at the
end of a word is ‫נון סופית‬.
And an animal starting with ‫ נון‬is?

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A vulture Né-shér ‫ֶׁשר‬

ֶ ‫נ‬
A vulture or eagle – ‫נשר‬.
Next...

Sameh (Sà-méh) ‫סָ מֶ ְך‬ ‫ס‬

This letter sounds like S. Let’s hear a couple of examples. How do
you say a horse?
A horse Soos ‫סּוס‬
And a crab?
A crab Sàr-tàn ‫סַ ְרטָ ן‬
Noa, can you spell ‫ סרטן‬for us?
.‫ סַ ְרטָ ן‬.‫ נּון סֹופִ ית‬,‫ טֵ ית‬,‫ ֵריׁש‬,‫סָ מֶ ְך‬
Sà-méh, réish, tét, noon so-fit. Sàr-tàn.
Let’s go on.
Examples
Ayin (À-yin), a goat, a spider ‫ עַ ָּכבִיׁש‬,‫ עֵ ז‬,‫עַ י ִן‬ ‫ע‬ ‫חָ לָ ב ׁשֶ ל עֵ ז‬
Hà-làv shél éz
À-yin, éz, à-kà-vish
Goat’s milk
A goat is ‫ עז‬and a spider is ‫עכביש‬. ‫ עין‬sounds like the letter ‫ אלף‬but
comes from even deeper in the throat. It’s the sound that the doctor ָ ‫ּפִ יל ַאפְ ִר‬
‫יקנִי‬
wants you to make when she examines your throat with a tongue Pil àf-ri-kà-ni
depressor. Nevertheless, in modern Hebrew you will rarely hear the African elephant
difference between ‫ אלף‬and ‫עין‬.
ָ ‫צְפַ ְר ֵּדעַ י‬
‫ְרּוקה‬

Pe (Péy), an elephant ‫ ּפִ יל‬,‫ּפֵ א‬ ‫פ‬ Green frog

Tsfar-dé-à yé-roo-kà

Péy, pil
‫ִקּפֹוד מָ צּוי‬
An elephant is ‫פיל‬. The letter ‫ פא‬has two possible sounds. The Ki-pod mà-tsooy
stressed sound is similar to P like we just heard in the word ‫פיל‬.
The loose sound is similar to F like we heard in the word ‫ינשוף‬. Common hedgehog
Here ‫ פא‬is at the end of the word and, yes, you guessed it, it’s ‫פא‬ ַ‫מֵ ר ֹאׁשָ ן לִ צְפַ ְר ֵּדע‬
‫סופית‬. Mi-ro-shàn lits-fàr-dé-à

Tsadi (Tsà-di), a bird, a frog ַ‫ צְפַ ְר ֵּדע‬,‫ צִּפֹור‬,‫ָצ ִדי‬ ‫צ‬ From tadpole to frog
‫ׁשּועָ ל ָאד ֹם‬
Tsà-di, tsi-por, tsfàr-dé-à Shoo-àl à-dom
A bird is ‫ ציפור‬and a frog is ‫צפרדע‬. There’s no equivalent in English Red fox
for the sound of ‫צדי‬. This sound is approximated by the letter ‫ּתַ ּנִין הַ ּיְאֹור‬
combination TS like in the word pets.
Tà-nin hà-yé-or
‫ צדי סופית‬is the fifth and last of the ‫אֹותּיֹות סֹופִ ּיּות‬,
ִ or terminal Nile crocodile
letters—those letters that are written differently when they are the
last letter of a word.
‫ צדי‬has another feature. If written with an apostrophe, it makes the
sound '‫צ‬. For example, ‫ ֶצ'כי ָה‬and ‫ ִצ'ילֶ ה‬which means the Czech
Republic and Chile, respectively.
Noa, what’s the next letter?

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Kuf (Koof) ‫קּוף‬ ‫ק‬ Left and Right

The letter ‫ קוף‬sounds like Q or K. Now, this is a bit strange because
we already encountered a letter that sounds like that. It was the Right ‫י ָמִ ין‬
letter ‫ כף‬in its stressed form. So, you’re probably wondering why
there are two letters that sound pretty much the same. But this is no Yà-min
different than English with Q, K, and even C, all sounding the same. Left ‫ׂשְ מ ֹאל‬
How about an animal that starts with ‫קוף‬, Noa? Smol
‫ ימין‬and ‫ שמאל‬are the nouns.
A hedgehog Ki-pod ‫ִקיּפֹוד‬
Below are their adjective forms
A hedgehog. ‫קיפוד‬. That’s a prickly animal.
Right (m.) ‫י ְמָ נִי‬
Okay Noa, we’re almost done, the twentieth letter is... Yé-mà-ni

Resh (Réish) ‫ֵריׁש‬ ‫ר‬ Right (f.) ‫י ְמָ נִית‬

Yé-mà-nit
Left (m.) ‫ׂשְ מָ אלִ י‬
‫ ריש‬has no identical sound in English. This one is really hard to
pronounce for English speakers, just like it’s really hard for Hebrew Smà-li
speakers to pronounce the English R correctly. Left (f.) ‫ׂשְ מָ אלִ ית‬
Smà-lit
‫ ריש‬is approximated by the letter R, although it sounds quite a bit
different. ‫ ריש‬is rolled in the back of the throat like when you gargle ‫ ימנית‬and ‫ שמאלית‬are the feminine
salt water. Let’s see an example. Noa, how do you say tadpole in form of the adjective. We use the
Hebrew? feminine form for ‫ שין ימנית‬and
‫ שין שמאלית‬because the letter ‫שין‬,
A tadpole Ro-shàn ‫ֹאׁשן‬
ָ ‫ר‬ itself being a noun, is feminine.
A tadpole. ‫ראשן‬.
Let’s move on.

Shin (Shin) ִ
‫ׁשין‬ ‫ש‬
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‫ שין‬has two possible sounds. The first and more common sound is
When you look up verbs in a Hebrew
like the letter combination SH, like in shush. The second sounds
like S in snake. You can hear this form in the word ‫י ִׂשְ ָראֵ ל‬. dictionary you should use the past tense
of the verb in the third-person masculine
The first form of ‫שין‬, pronounced ‫ׁש‬, is called ‫ׁשין י ְמָ ִנית‬ִ . The second singular. Unlike some other languages,
form of ‫שין‬, pronounced ‫ׂש‬, is called ‫ׁשין ׂשְ מָ אלִ ית‬
ִ . ‫ ימנית‬and ‫שמאלית‬, you should not look up the infinitive.
are the adjectives right and left, respectively.
For example, instead of looking for
So, we just saw an example of ‫ שין שמאלית‬in the word ‫י ִׂשְ ָראֵ ל‬. Let’s ‫לְ ׂשַ חֵ ק‬, (to play) look for ‫( ׂשִ חֵ ק‬he
listen to an example of ‫שין ימנית‬. How do we say a fox? played). Instead of ‫לָ ׁשִ יר‬, (to sing) look for
‫ׁשר‬ָ (he sang).
A fox Shoo-àl ‫ׁשּועָ ל‬
A fox is ‫שועל‬.
We come to the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Tav (Tàf) ‫ָּתו‬ ‫ת‬

This letter sounds like the letter T. It also sounds a lot like the
Hebrew letter ‫טית‬. This makes spelling hard. How can you tell
whether to use ‫ טית‬or ‫ ?תו‬One clue is that ‫ טית‬is more often used in
words borrowed from other languages, like the name of the Israeli
town of ‫ טבריה‬which was named after the roman emperor Tiberius.

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So, Noa, to finish off, how about an animal that begins in ‫?תו‬
An alligator Tà-nin ‫ַּתּנִין‬
That’s right, ‫תנין‬, which means an alligator.
And with ‫ תו‬we come to the end of this lesson that was entirely
dedicated to the Hebrew alphabet. You can find more information in
the lesson guide that goes together with this podcast. You can
download the lesson guide from our web site at
http://hebrewpodcasts.com.
That’s it for today. In our next lesson Noa will be back. We’ll learn
some new vocabulary related to school and we’ll touch on the
subject of counting and ordinal numbers.
Until then
!‫ׁשלֹום ּולְ הִ תְ ָראֹות‬
ָ

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This lesson’s vocabulary

elephant ‫פיל‬ The letter Alef ‫אלף‬
The letter Tsadi ‫צדי‬ lion ‫אריה‬
bird ‫ציפור‬ The letter Bet ‫בית‬
frog ‫צפרדע‬ duck ‫ברווז‬
The letter Kuf ‫קוף‬ The letter Gimel ‫גימל‬
hedgehog ‫קיפוד‬ camel ‫גמל‬
tadpole ‫ראשן‬ bear ‫דוב‬
The letter Resh ‫ריש‬ The letter Dalet ‫דלת‬
fox ‫שועל‬ The letter He ‫הא‬
The letter Shin ‫שין‬ hippo ‫היפופוטם‬
hello ‫שלום‬ The letter Vav ‫וו‬
The letter Tav ‫תו‬ virus ‫וירוס‬
alligator ‫תנין‬ fly ‫זבוב‬
The letter Zayin ‫זין‬
pig ‫חזיר‬
The letter Het ‫חית‬
donkey ‫חמור‬
tuna ‫טונה‬
The letter Tet ‫טית‬
The letter Yud ‫יוד‬
owl ‫ינשוף‬
dog ‫כלב‬
The letter Kaf ‫כף‬
shark ‫כריש‬
lizard ‫לטאה‬
The letter Lamed ‫למד‬
fossil ‫מאובן‬
The letter Mem ‫מם‬
The letter Nun ‫נון‬
Noa ‫נועה‬
vulture ‫נשר‬
horse ‫סוס‬
The letter Sameh ‫סמך‬
crab ‫סרטן‬
goat ‫עז‬
The letter Ayin ‫עין‬
spider ‫עכביש‬
The letter Pe ‫פא‬

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Lesson 2 – Exercise

Match each animal with its Hebrew name. Draw a line between the word and the picture.

‫ זבוב‬z-voov

‫ אריה‬ar-yé

‫ כלב‬ké-lév

‫ תנין‬tà-nin

‫ קיפוד‬ki-pod

‫ גמל‬gà-màl

‫ ברוז‬bar-vàz

‫ סוס‬soos

‫ צפרדע‬tsfàr-dé-à

‫ פיל‬pil

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