INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW

Introduction to Biblical Hebrew covers some essential elements of the grammar of Biblical Hebrew and introduces some basic vocabulary. It introduces students to aspects of translation of Biblical Hebrew as well as the main lexical aids. On completion of the subject students should be able to translate basic nominal and verbal sentences.

 Hebrew Alphabet
Click on the letter to hear how it sounds

 

Vav	Hay	Daled	Gimmel	Vet	Bet	Aleph
Final Chaf	Chaf	Kaf	Yud	Tet	Chet	Zayin
Ayin	Samech	Final Nun	Nun	Final Mem	Mem	Lamed
Resh	Kuf	Final Tsadee	Tsadee	Final Fay	Fay	Pay
Taf	Taf	Sin	Shin

Hebrew Vowels

Cholam	Shva	Segol	Tsere	Patach	Kamatz
Chataf Segol	Chataf Patach	Chataf Kamatz	Shuruk	Kubbutz	Chirik

Character	Final Form (used if at the end of a word)	Name (pronounced)	Transliterated as	Numeric Value	Signification
		Aleph (all-f)	'	1	Ox
		Beth (bait)	b or b	2	House
		Gimel (gimle)	g or g	3	Camel
		Daleth (dall-it)	d	4	Door
		He (hay)	h	5	Window
		Vav (vauv)	w or v	6	Hook
		Zayin (zi-yen)	z	7	Weapon
		Heth (hate)	h (with a dot underneath) or ch	8	Fence
		Teth (tate)	t (with a dot underneath)	9	Snake
		Yodh (yo-d)	y	10	Hand
		Kaph (cough)	k or k	20	Bent Hand
		Lamed (law-med)	l	30	Ox-goad
		Mem (maim)	m	40	Water
		Nun (noon)	n	50	Fish
		Samech (saw-meck)	s	60	Prop
		'Ayin (eye'n)	`	70	Eye
		Pe (pay)	p or p	80	Mouth
		Tsadhe (tsaw-day)	s (with a dot underneath)	90	Fish-hook
		Qoph (co-f)	q	100	Back of the Head
		Resh (ray-sh)	r	200	Head
		Sin/Shin (seen/sheen)	s' or s^	300	Tooth
		Tav (taw-v)	t	400	Cross