The Aleph Bet (Hebrew Alphabet) with Modern Hebrew Pronunciations

(Approximate) (Approximate)
Pronunciation of English
Value Letter Name Name of Letter Transliteration As in
1 alef/aleph AH-lehf silent / A ---

2 bet BEHT b blue

vet VEHT v violet

3 gimmel GEE-mehl g/C green

4 dalet DAH-leht (DAH-lehd1) d dinner

5 he HEH (HEY1) h/E house

6 vav VAHV v/U violet

7 zayin ZAH-yeen z zoo

8 khet KHEHT kh / h - ch baCH

9 tet TEHT t top

10 yud YOOD (YOHD1) y/I-Y yellow

20 kaf KAHF k kite

2 kaf sofit (final kaf) KAHF soh-FEET k kite
khaf KHAHF kh baCH

khaf sofit (final khaf) KHAHF soh-FEET kh baCH

30 lamed LAH-mehd l learn

40 mem MEHM m meat

mem sofit MEHM soh-FEET m meat

50 nun NOON n neat

nun sofit NOON soh-FEET n neat

60 samech SAH-mehkh s/X sun

70 ayin AH-yeen silent / O ---

80 pe PEH (PEY1) p picture

2 pe sofit (final pe) PEH soh-FEET (PEY soh-FEET1) p picture
phe FEH (FEY1) f/ph fall
phe sofit (final phe) FEH soh-FEET (FEY soh-FEET1) f/ph fall

90 tsadi TSAH-dee ts maTS

100 quf KOOF (KOHF1) q/k IraQ

200 resh REHSH3 (REYSH1,3) r3 / 'RR' r3 / 'RR'

300 shin SHEEN sh ship

sin SEEN s sip

400 tav TAHV (TAHF1) t top

1
A more colloquial pronunciation.
2
and appear in Biblical Hebrew only. In Modern Hebrew, words do not end with a
p sound. Foreign words which have been imported into Hebrew and end in a p sound
are spelled with a ( eg. syrup = , ketchup = ).
3
There is no equivalent to the Hebrew resh in English. It is said with a roll in the back
of the throat similar to the French r. For English speakers it is approximated with "r".
(Approximate) (Approximate)
Pronunciation of English
Latin Vowel Name Name of Vowel Transliteration As in
i khiriq khee-REEK ee green
u shuruk shoo-ROOK oo cool
u kubutz koo-BOOTS oo cool
e tzerei tseh-REH eh red
e segol seh-GOHL eh red
e khataf segol khah-TAF seh-GOHL eh red
a patakh pah-TAHKH ah father
a khataf patakh khah-TAF pah-TAHKH ah father
a kamatz kah-MAHTZ ah father
a khataf kamatz khah-TAF kah-MAHTZ ah father
silent sh'va nah shvah NAH silent ---
a sh'va nahkh shvah NAHKH about
o kholam khoh-LAHM oh coat
o kholam khaser khoh-LAHM khah-SEHR oh coat
 Latin Latin Value Represent Value Letter
A 1 A 1
B 2 B 2
C 3 C/G 3
D 4 D 4
E 5 E/H 5
F 6 F/V/U 6
G 7 C/G 3
H 8 KH / CH - H 8
I 9 Y/YI 10
J 10 Y/YI 10
K 11 K 20
L 12 L 30
M 13 M 40
N 14 N 50
[ NI / ni ] 15 N 50
O 16 SILENT / O 70
P 17 P 80
Q/K 18 Q/K 100
R3 / 'RR' 19 R3 / 'RR' 200
SH 20 SH 300
T 21 T 400
T 21 T 9
TS 21 TS 90
U 22 F/V/U 6
V 23 F/V/U 6
W 24 F/V/U 6
X/S 25 X/S 60
Y 26 Y/YI 10
Z 27 Z 7