ב

b

beth

י

y

yodh

ה

h

he

(pronounced “hey”)

ו

w or v

waw / vav

ז

z

zayin

ש�

S

sin

(“s” sound as in “seen”)

ח

h

het

( pronounced “ch” as in “loch”)

ט

t

tet

(a hard, emphatic “t”)

א

ʾʾaleph

(silent, transliterated with an apostrophe)

פ

p

pe

(pronounced, “pay”)

כ

k

kaph

ל

l

lamedh

מ

m

mem

נ

n

nun

ק

q

qoph

ס

s

samekh

ג

g

gimel

ע

ʿʿayin

(pronounced in back of throat; “ghayin”);transliterated with backward apostrophe

ת

t

taw / tav

צ

s

sade

(“ts” sound as in “jets”)

ר

r

resh

ש6

S

“sh” sound; shin

(“sheen”)

ד

d

daleth