Hebrew Alphabet – אָלֶפְבֵּית עִבְרִי

א

Name: Alef, Sound: silent (glottal stop), Example: אָב (av – father)

ב

Name: Bet, Sound: /b/ or /v/, Example: בַּיִת (bayit – house)

ג

Name: Gimel, Sound: /g/, Example: גָּדוֹל (gadol – big)

ד

Name: Dalet, Sound: /d/, Example: דֶּלֶת (delet – door)

ה

Name: He, Sound: /h/, Example: הַר (har – mountain)

ו

Name: Vav, Sound: /v/, Example: וְגַם (vegam – and also)

ז

Name: Zayin, Sound: /z/, Example: זָקֵן (zaken – old)

ח

Name: Chet, Sound: /kh/ (guttural), Example: חַם (kham – hot)

ט

Name: Tet, Sound: /t/, Example: טוֹב (tov – good)

י

Name: Yud, Sound: /y/, Example: יוֹם (yom – day)

כ / ך

Name: Kaf, Sound: /k/ or /kh/, Example: כִּסֵּא (kise – chair)

ל

Name: Lamed, Sound: /l/, Example: לֵב (lev – heart)

מ / ם

Name: Mem, Sound: /m/, Example: מַיִם (mayim – water)

נ / ן

Name: Nun, Sound: /n/, Example: נְשָׁמָה (neshama – soul)

ס

Name: Samekh, Sound: /s/, Example: סוּס (sus – horse)

ע

Name: Ayin, Sound: silent (glottal), Example: עִיר (ir – city)

פ / ף

Name: Pe, Sound: /p/ or /f/, Example: פֶּה (pe – mouth)

צ / ץ

Name: Tsadi, Sound: /ts/, Example: צִפּוֹר (tsipor – bird)

ק

Name: Qof, Sound: /k/, Example: קוֹל (kol – voice)

ר

Name: Resh, Sound: /r/, Example: רֹאשׁ (rosh – head)

שׁ

Name: Shin, Sound: /sh/, Example: שָׁלוֹם (shalom – hello)

שׂ

Name: Sin, Sound: /s/, Example: שָׂמֵחַ (same'ach – happy)

ת

Name: Tav, Sound: /t/, Example: תֵּה (te – tea)

ַ (Patach)

Vowel mark: Short 'a' sound, Example: בַּת (bat – daughter)

ָ (Kamatz)

Vowel mark: Long 'a' sound, Example: שָׁנָה (shana – year)

ֵ (Tsere)

Vowel mark: 'e' sound, Example: בֵּן (ben – son)

ֶ (Segol)

Vowel mark: Short 'e' sound, Example: יֶלֶד (yeled – child)

ִ (Chirik)

Vowel mark: 'i' sound, Example: אִישׁ (ish – man)

ֹ (Cholam)

Vowel mark: 'o' sound, Example: שָׁלוֹם (shalom – peace)

ֻ (Kubutz)

Vowel mark: 'u' sound, Example: סֻכָּה (suka – booth)