{"id":84,"date":"2012-03-14T20:07:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T00:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=84"},"modified":"2012-03-19T16:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T20:17:55","slug":"learning-the-hebrew-alef-bet-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/learning-the-hebrew-alef-bet-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the Hebrew Alef-Bet – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s date:<\/strong> 20th of Adar, 5772 – \u05db\u05f3 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05e8 \u05ea\u05e9\u05e2\u05f4\u05d1<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here we are on our third post for learning the Hebrew Alef-Bet. If you were able to follow along with the past two, and if you practiced your reading skills, let’s start with some more new words but this time I’ll see if you can read them without help from a transcription. The answers are at the end of this post.<\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc\u05b6\u05d4<\/span> (these)
\n\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd<\/span> (you – plural – talking to a group of men<\/em>)
\n\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b6\u05df<\/span> (you – plural – talking to a group of\u00a0 women<\/em>)
\n\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> (English language)
\n\u05d2\u05b8\u05e8<\/span> (to live)
\n\u05d2\u05b6\u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> (German language)
\n\u05d4\u05b5\u05dd<\/span> (they – talking about men)
\n\u05d4\u05b5\u05df<\/span> (they – talking about women)
\n\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8<\/span> (to sing)
\n\u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1<\/span> (Yiddish language)<\/p>\n

Now, we’ll be looking at 4 more letters this time (\u05d5<\/span>, \u05d6<\/span>, \u05d7<\/span>, \u05d8<\/span>) and one vowel sound (but three ways to read it – \u05d0\ufb4b<\/span>, \u05d0\u05b9\u05d0<\/span>, \u05d0\u05b3<\/span>). First, lets start with the vowel sound – “o”.<\/p>\n

\ufb4b<\/span> – This vowel sign looks like the letter ‘vav’ (coming up next<\/em>) with a dot on top. This is pronounced like the “oa” in boat, but as a pure vowel sound. That means you say the ‘o’ part, but not the secondary “oo” part that creates the diphthong. Just a pure ‘o’ sound. Practice with the following words:<\/p>\n

\u05d0\ufb4b<\/span> (‘o) – or
\n\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\ufb4b\u05ea<\/span> (leh-heet-ra-‘ot) – see you later
\n\u05dc\ufb4b\u05de\u05b5\u05d3<\/span> (lo-med) – study, learn
\n\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\ufb4b\u05df <\/span> (lee-mon) – lemon
\n\u05de\ufb4b\u05e8\u05b6\u05d4<\/span> (mo-re) – teacher (male)
\n\u05de\ufb4b\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (mo-ra) – teacher (female)
\n\u05e8\u05b7\u05d3\u05d9\ufb4b<\/span> (ra-dee-o) – radio
\n\u05e8\ufb4b\u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea<\/span> (ro-man-it) – Romanian language
\n\u05ea\ufb4b\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (to-da) – thank you<\/p>\n

Since we saw the vowel sign \ufb4b<\/span> has the letter ‘vav’ in it, let’s learn that next.<\/p>\n

The letter \u05d5<\/span> (vav – \u05d5\u05b8\u05d5<\/span>) has the sound of “v” as in “vine.” In Ancient Hebrew, \u05d5<\/span> (vav) may have been pronounced like a “w” and sometimes you may see it transliterated as “w”; however, in Modern Hebrew \u05d5<\/span> (vav) is always pronounced as a “v” sound. It can also function as a “consonantal vowel” in Hebrew texts as we’ve seen in the words just learned above.<\/p>\n

\u05d5\u05b0<\/span> (ve) – and
\n\u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d0\ufb4b<\/span> (vi-de-‘o) – video<\/p>\n

\u05d6<\/span> (zayin \/ za’in – \u05d6\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df<\/span>)
\nThe seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called zayin (za-yeen) and has the sound of “z” as in “zebra.”<\/p>\n

\u05d6\u05b6\u05d4<\/span> (ze) – this
\n\u05de\u05b8\u05d9\ufb4b\u05e0\u05b6\u05d6<\/span> (ma-yo-nez) – mayonnaise<\/p>\n

Another vowel sign. This time it looks like a dot placed on the upper right of the consonant. This also takes on an ‘o’ sound.<\/p>\n

\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea<\/span> (zot) – this
\n\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0<\/span> (lo) – no, not<\/p>\n

\u05d7<\/span> (het \/ khet – \u05d7\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea<\/span>)
\nThe eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called khet. \u05d7<\/span> (khet) makes a light, scraping sound in the back of the throat while making an “h” sound (like the ‘-ch’ in the German composer’s name Bach, or the Scottish word loch<\/em>). \u05d7<\/span> (khet) is known as a guttural letter since it is pronounced in the back of the throat. Other guttural letters we’ve learned so far are \u05d0<\/span> (aleph) and \u05d4<\/span> (hey). Sometimes you’ll see \u05d7<\/span> (khet) transliterated as \u201ch\u201d which is why you sometimes see the word “Chanukah” spelled as “Hanukkah” in English.<\/p>\n

\u05d7\u05b7\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (kha-la) – chala bread
\n\u05dc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b6\u05dd<\/span> (le-khem) – bread
\n\u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7<\/span> (me-lakh) – salt<\/p>\n

\u05d8<\/span> (tet – \u05d8\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea)
\nThe ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called tet and has the sound of ‘t’ as in tall. Some academic Hebrew books use a different letter to transliterate \u05d8<\/span> (tet) in order to distinguish it from the letter \u05ea<\/span> (tav). On this blog I will transliterate \u05d8<\/span> (tet) using the letter “t.” since both \u05ea<\/span> (tav) and \u05d8<\/span> (tet) are pronounced the same.<\/p>\n

\u05de\u05b6\u05e0\u05b0\u05d8\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (men-ta) – mint, peppermint
\n\u05ea\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05d5\u05b4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d6\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> (te-le-vi-zi-a) – television<\/p>\n

We’re doing fine. Just two more posts and we’ll be finished with the Hebrew Alef-Bet. Have you printed these posts for learning offline, or copied the letters and example words in your notebook? Next time we have four letters and one vowel sound (with two written forms). See you then!<\/p>\n

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Answers to the reading exercise:<\/strong> ‘e-le, ‘a-tem, ‘a-ten, ‘an-gleet, gar, ger-man-eet, hem, hen, shar, yee-deesh<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s date: 20th of Adar, 5772 – \u05db\u05f3 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05e8 \u05ea\u05e9\u05e2\u05f4\u05d1 Here we are on our third post for learning the Hebrew Alef-Bet. If you were able to follow along with the past two, and if you practiced your reading skills, let’s start with some more new words but this time I’ll see if you can…<\/p>\n

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