Hebrew alphabet and phonetics

Steve Hewitt stevehewitt49@gmail.com

Name (Biblical Hebrew)
rq
rq m l (full)
sl
r
r m l (full)
pa
q m g l (big)
q m q n (small)
lm
lm m l (full)
qibbu
rq
w
af (reduced) sl
af (reduced) pa
af (reduced) q m
pa y
q m y
sl y
lm y
rq y
lf
b, bi
(v, vi)
gml
(ml)
d l
( l)
h
w w
zayin
, i
, i
y
kaf
(xaf; xaf sf [final])
l m
mm; mm sf (final)
nn; nn sf (final)
s mx
yin
p
(f; f sf)
a; a sf (final)
qf
r, ri
n
n (sn)
t w
( w)

Cursive

a
b<
b
g<<
g
d<>
d
h
v
z
c
e
y
k<
K- ,k
l
M- ,m
N- ,n
s
i
p<
P- ,p
X- ,x
q
r
D
S
t<
t

Grapheme

-,

-,
-,

-,
-,

Biblical Hebrew
i

, i
a
,

ai
i
i
i
i
(glottal stop)
b
v (b, bh)
g
(g , gh)
d
(d, dh)
h
w
z
(, pharyngal)
(pharyngalized)
y
k
x (k, kh)
l
m
n
s
(voiced phar. fric.)
p
f (p , ph)
(ts, pharyngalized)
q
r
(sh)
(=s, orig. ?)
t
(t, th)

Israeli Hebrew
i
i
e
e
e
a
a
o
o
o
u
u
, e
e
a
o
ai
ai
ei
oi
ui
(-)
b
v
g
g
d
d
h
v
z
x (ch; , )
t ()
y
k
x (ch)
l
m
n
s
()
p
f
ts (c)
k (q)
r
(sh)
s
t
t