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 Aleph-Bet Lesson 10 — + Numbers

Welcome to the tenth and last lesson in the Hebrew alphabet! In this lesson we'll learn and traditional numbers in Hebrew.

Tsadi צ
The eighteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet is Tsadi. It makes the "ts" sound (IPA: //, "zz" as in "pizza", or "ts" as in "Tsar").

When it is at the end of a word, it changes form. This final form is known as Tsadi Sofit.

That's it, you've learned them all!

Words
mitsrayim Egypt ‘ets tree (masculine, singular) tsahov yellow (masculine, singular) (FW: ) tseva‘ color (masculine, singular) ‘etsem bone (feminine, singular), object (masculine, singular) tsorfat France bots mud (masculine, singular [no pl.]) (FW: ) tsayid hunt (masculine, singular [no pl.]

Numbers
In traditional Jewish texts (in any Orthodox text, really) a numeric system, based on the letters of the alphabet is used. This system is known as gematria. In everyday secular life, the Arabic numerical system (1, 2, 3) is used.

Summary
In this lesson, you've learned: Practice what you've learned in the exercises.
 * The forms of the letter Tsadi, Tsadi Sofit.
 * The words and.
 * The Hebrew nummerical system - gematria.

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