Unit 1 - The Hebrew Alphabet Then and Now Flashcards
start to learn about the history of the Hebrew alphabet. We will discuss its relationship with the Latin alphabet and learn our first 8 Hebrew letters.
ל
lamed; l - light
מ / ם
mem, final mem; m - map
נ / ן
nun, final nun; n - new
“final letters” are the forms that the letters take at the end of a word.
ר
resh; r - air is not pronounced like an English [r], but is more alveolar (pronounced with the tongue close to the upper middle part of the mouth).
א
álef; ‘ ,
honor/uh*oh
can be silent in modern pronunciation when it appears at the end of a word (e.g. in words like בָּנָה ,קָרָא , and שָׁמַע).
ה
heh;
h - horse
guttural letters, since they are pronounced in the throat, can be silent in modern pronunciation when they appear at the end of a word (e.g. in words like בָּנָה ,קָרָא , and שָׁמַע).
ע
áyin; ‘,
honor/uh*oh
guttural letters, since they are pronounced in the throat
ח
het; h,
Bach
guttural letters, since they are pronounced in the throat
How many guttural letters are there?
There are four letters known as the guttural letters
Forms that letters take at the end of a word are called _____ ______
“final letters”
_____ _____ (brief cutting-off of the air flow) that is usually heard at the beginning of English words with a “silent [h]” (honor, honest), before most words that start with a vowel (apple, enter, in, open, up), and in the middle of the expression “uh-oh.”
glottal stop
Name the four guttural letters
ע ,ח ,ה ,א
_, _, and _
can be silent when they appear at the end of a word
א, ה, and ע
can be silent when they appear at the end of a word
(e.g. like בָּנָה ,קָרָא , and שָׁמַע).
