Consonants

Lesson 1
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 a Aleph
Silent letter, weak consonant
Silent letter, is usually a
vowel with vowel sound
 b Vet
‘v’ as in ‘value’
 b Bet
Dot in the middle, harder
pronunciation
‘b’ as in ‘ball’
Gimmel
‘g’ as in ‘girl’
 d Dalet
‘d’ as in ‘door’
 Vowels
Five main sounds
A
E
I
O
U
Vowels

Short
Long
Very
long
AH
Kamatz - Patach - Chateph

Patach
 Kamatz

b
‘vaa’
Long ‘aah’ sound
Kamatz

‘gaa’
Kamatz

d
‘daa’
Patach

ba
‘ab’
Short‘ah’ sound
Chateph Patach

ab
‘va’
Very short ‘a’ sound
bg
‘gaav’
ad
‘daah’
abb
‘vaba’
Ad
‘gadaah’
Word of the week

‘shalom - peace’
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Learning Hebrew – Lesson 1