Unit 1 Flashcards
Consonants, Vowels, and Writing
א
alef, silent
בּ
bet, b
ב
vet, v
ג
gimel, g
ד
dalet, d
ה
he, h
ו
waw, v
ז
zayin, z
ח
chet, ch
ט
tet, t
י
yod, y or silent
כּ
kaf, k
כ
khaf, ch
ך
khaf sofit, ch
ל
lamed, l
מ
mem, m
ם
mem sofit, m
נ
nun, n
ן
nun sofit, n
ס
samekh, s
ע
ayin, silent
פּ
pe, p
פ
fe, f
ף
fe sofit, f
ץ
tsadi sofit, ts
צ
tsadi, ts
ק
qof, k
ר
resh, r
שׂ
sin, s
שׁ
shin, sh
ת
taw, t
Which final letter is almost always pointed with a shewa?
Khaf sofit
Which consonants have two variants?
Begadkefat letters
What is a meter lectionis in Hebrew?
A consonantal vowel marker, typically he, waw, and yod
Which vowels are short?
Patah, segol, hireq, qametz hatuf, and qibbus
אַ (vowel)
Patah, short a
בֶ (vowel)
segol, short e
חִ (vowel)
hireq, short i
בָּ [short] (vowel)
qamatz hatuf, short o
לֻ (vowel)
qibbus, short u
Which vowels are reduced?
Hatef patah, hatef segol, hatef qamatz
אֳ (vowel)
Hatef qamatz, short o
אֲ (vowel)
Hatef patah
אֱ (vowel)
Hatef segol
What are the tone-long vowels?
Qamatz, sere, holem
קָ (vowel)
qamatz, ah
צֵ (vowel)
sere, eh
מֹ (vowel)
holem, oh
בָה (vowel with matres lectionis)
Qamatz-he, a
רֵי (vowel with matres lectionis)
sere-yod, ey
בִי (vowel with matres lectionis)
hireq-yod, i
וֹ or כֹה (vowel with matres lectionis)
holem-waw or holwm-he, o
וּ (vowel with matres lectiones)
shureq, u
When is ה a mater lectionis?
When unpointed at the end of a word
When is י a mater lectionis?
When not pointed or followed by a vowel with mater lectionis
When is 𐡅 a mater lectionis and a vowel?
When pointed with shureq
When is 𐡅 a consonant?
When pointed with an a-class vowel, i-class vowel, or shewa; when appearing at the end of a word
סוּס
Horse
עִיר
City, town
הֵיכַל
Palace, temple
מִי
Who
שָׂדֶה
Field
הַר
Mountain
אֵצֶל
Beside, near, next to
זָהָב
Gold
אִישׁ
Man
גָּדוֹל
Big, great, large