Hebrew Vowels Flashcards
1
Q
qamets
A
a as in father (medium)
2
Q
patach
A
a as in father (short)
3
Q
chatef-patach
A
a as in father (very short)
4
Q
tsere
A
ey as in hey
5
Q
segol
A
e as in yet (short)
6
Q
chatef-segol
A
e as in yet (very short)
7
Q
chireq
A
e as in she (short)
8
Q
chireq-yod
A
e as in she (long)
9
Q
cholem
A
o as in snow (medium)
10
Q
cholem-vav
A
o as in snow (long)
11
Q
qibbuts
A
u as in rule (short)
12
Q
shureq
A
u as in rule (long)
13
Q
qamets-chatuf
A
o as in odd (short)
14
Q
chatef-qamets
A
o as in odd (very short)
15
Q
a as in father (medium)
A
qamets
16
Q
a as in father (short)
A
patach
17
Q
a as in father (very short)
A
chatef-patach
18
Q
ey as in hey
A
tsere
19
Q
e as in yet (short)
A
segol
20
Q
e as in yet (very short)
A
chatef-segol
21
Q
e as in she (short)
A
chireq
22
Q
e as in she (long)
A
chireq-yod
23
Q
o as in snow (medium)
A
cholem
24
Q
o as in snow (long)
A
cholem-vav
25
u as in rule (short)
qibbuts
26
u as in rule (long)
shureq
27
o as in odd (short)
qamets-chatuf
28
o as in odd (very short)
chatef-qamets
29
Name the "a" class vowels
cholem-vav; qamets; patach; chatef-patach
30
Name the "i" class vowels
chireq-yod; tsere; chireq; segol; chatef-segol
31
Name the "u" class vowels
shureq; cholem; qibbuts; qamets-chatuf; chatef-qamets
32
cholem-vav; qamets; patach; chatef-patach
Name the "a" class vowels
33
chireq-yod; tsere; chireq; segol; chatef-segol
Name the "i" class vowels
34
shureq; cholem; qibbuts; qamets-chatuf; chatef-qamets
Name the "u" class vowels
35
Name the long vowels
cholem-vav; chireq-yod; shureq
36
Name the medium vowels
qamets; tsere; cholem
37
Name the short vowels
patach; chireq; segol; qibbuts; qamets-chatuf
38
Name the very short vowels
chatef-patach; chatef-segol; chatef-qamets
39
qamets; tsere; cholem
Name the medium vowels
40
patach; chireq; segol; qibbuts; qamets-chatuf
Name the short vowels
41
chatef-patach; chatef-segol; chatef-qamets
Name the very short vowels
