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This document provides information about the Hebrew alphabet or Álef Bét. He explains that it was originally based on pictograms and consists of 22 letters, each with a meaning, sound and numerical value. It also describes the characteristics of some letters such as final ones and those that change sound depending on their position. The purpose is to provide a basic introduction to the writing and pronunciation of the Hebrew language.

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Hebrew Characters 1.

This document provides information about the Hebrew alphabet or Álef Bét. He explains that it was originally based on pictograms and consists of 22 letters, each with a meaning, sound and numerical value. It also describes the characteristics of some letters such as final ones and those that change sound depending on their position. The purpose is to provide a basic introduction to the writing and pronunciation of the Hebrew language.

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Hebrew characters or Álef Bét : ֶ ‫ יֵּת ב‬- ‫ףָ לא‬

Pictographic Paleo Square Numerical


Letter Meaning
Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew value
Alef ‫א‬ Bull, Ox and Strength 1

O
R
19 ‫ב‬ House, Tent and
Bet Family 2
Guimel TO ‫ג‬ Foot, Camel and
Walking 3
Dalet • ‫ד‬ Door 4
Hey 5
Q ‫ה‬ window and look

Vav M K ‫ו‬ Nail and Hook 6


Záin OL ‫ז‬ Ax and Sword 7
Jet T11 ‫ח‬ Fence or Wall 8

€ ‫ט‬ Basket, Coiled


Tet Serpent. 9
Yod S_J 1 ‫י‬ Hand and Arm 10
kaf 20
OR) AND ‫כ‬ Palm of the hand

Lamed 30
J. ‫ל‬ Basto, Rod and
leadership

Meme A.M ‫מ‬ Water and sea 40


Nún 50
7 ‫נ‬ Fish and Seed
#

Samej ‫ס‬ Support 60


Áin ‫ע‬ 70
4• eith Eye and vision

Peh < " ‫פ‬ Mouth 80


Tsadi EITH V' ‫צ‬ Reclining Man 90
Qóf ‫ק‬ Sun on the horizon 100

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Pictographic Paleo Square Numerical
Letter Meaning
Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew value
Resh Head, Man and 200
6 • ‫ר‬ Authority

Shin CO W ‫ש‬ Teeth


Brand and Signal
300
Tav 400
- x ‫ת‬
The Hebrew language is a Semitic language, which is approximately 4,000 years old, very
similar to the languages of the fertile crescent, such as Aramaic, Akkadian, Phoenician and
Arabic.

Hebrew writing was originally based on pictograms (also called in some grammars as proto-
Sinaitic or proto-Canaanite), composed of 22 letters, each of these Hebrew characters representing
a symbol or drawing that has meaning and sound, as well as a numerical value. If we look at the
table we can see that the way each letter is written describes the meaning they have.

The Torah was written by Mosheh in pictographic Hebrew, since the delivery of the two tables
was on Mount Sinai around 3,500 years ago.

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Álef Bét tables with their phonetic equivalence.

Letter Name
Hebrew alphabet or Álef Bét: ‫ יתית‬- ‫ף לָלא‬
Hebrew
ֵֹּ‫וי‬ ‫יֵּת ב‬ ‫יֵּת ב‬ ֶ‫ןֵָּ ז‬ ֶ‫וו‬ ‫לָ מלָ תָ לבֶ ִיָ ף‬ ‫יֵּת ב‬ ֶ‫ףָ לא‬
Spanish Yod Tet Jet Záin Vav Hey Dalet Guimel Bet Alef

Hebrew
character
‫י‬ ‫ט‬ ‫ח‬ ‫ז‬ ‫ו‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ד‬ ‫ג‬ ‫ב‬ ‫א‬
Consonantal
equivalence I/Y T J. Z V/U/O h d g V,B ’

Letter Name Hebrew alphabet or Álef Bét: ֶ‫ יֵּת ב‬- ‫ףָ לא‬
Hebrew
‫ׁיֵּש ר‬ ‫ֹףוא‬ ִ‫יָ ֵּי‬ ‫יִה‬ ִ‫ך ימסֶ ןֵָּ ז‬ ‫ּןוז‬ ‫יממ‬ ֶ‫לָ מי‬ ֶ‫ףא‬
Spanish Resh Qóf Tsadi Peh Áin Samej Nún Meme Lamed kaf

Hebrew
character
‫ר‬ ‫ק‬ ‫צ‬ ‫פ‬ ‫ע‬ ‫ס‬ ‫נ‬ ‫מ‬ ‫ל‬ ‫כ‬
Consonantal
equivalence R Q/K T.S. P/F ‘ Yes N M l K/J

Letter Name Hebrew alphabet or Álef Bét: ‫ יתית‬- ‫ףלָלא‬


Hebrew ָ‫ר‬
ֶ‫וו‬
Spanish Tav ‫ֵּז‬
Shin

Hebrew
character
‫ת‬ ‫ש‬
Consonantal
equivalence T SH/S

In the case of Álef and ÁIn, they are silent letters and adaptable to niqqudót, which is why
depending on the niqqud that the consonant letter has, it will sound in the form of a vowel.

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‫ תלת ףהו‬BeGaD KePaT: It is an acronym or mnemonic, which tells us the letters that are part of
them. They are characterized by having a dot in the middle of the letter called Daguésh Qál when
it starts a word (or in the middle), defining the correct pronunciation. Let's look at the following
table which will indicate the phonetic change that occurs in Hebrew.

B e G a DK e P a T ָּ‫תְּ גבָּּ תְּ פכ‬


Name Tav Peh kaf Dalet Guimel Bet
Hebrew
character ‫ת‬ ‫כ‬ ‫פ‬ ‫פ‬ ‫כ‬ ּ ‫ד‬ ‫ב‬ ‫ג‬ ‫ג‬ ‫ב‬ ‫ת‬
Consonantal
equivalence
T T F Q J. ‫ת‬K d d g g V b

‫ ' ֹףוָ ֵֹּבוב ֹךוִֵָּ ב‬Otiot Sofít


The feminine plural word 'Otiot ‫ ֹףוָ ֵֹּבוב‬means Letters, to say Letter in the singular it would be ‫ֹףוב‬
'Ót.
In such a way that you can say the: Hebrew letters ; ‫' ֹףוָ ֵֹּבובָ ן ִָּ ָׁ ֵּש ב‬Otiot ivrit . ‫ ֹךו ִֵָּ ב‬Sofít means
Finals. They are called final letters because they are written differently when they appear as the
last letter of a word. Let's look at the final 5 letters that exist in Hebrew.
Another name for the final letters is a mnemonic or acronym called:

‫ כמִןץ‬K to MN to P e TS where each capital letter represents the phonetic equivalence of the
Hebrew spellings that compose it.

'Otiot Sofít ‫ֹףוָ ֵֹּבוב ֹךוִֵָּ ב‬


Name Tsadi Peh Nún Meme kaf
Hebrew
character ‫ץ‬ ‫פ אָ צ‬ ‫ן‬ ‫נ‬ ‫ם‬ ‫מ‬ ‫תּ ך‬
Consonantal
T.S. T.S. F Q N N M M J. K
equivalence
Final Final Final Final Final

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