Hebrew/Aleph-Bet/9

 Aleph-Bet Lesson 9 —

Welcome to the ninth lesson of the Hebrew alphabet! In this lesson we will do some reviewing, and you will learn two new Hebrew letters - and  onto its many forms.

Review
We've been through 8 lessons and we've learned a lot. Let's look at the letters we've learned:

Letters
Aleph: makes the "a" sound, makes the glottal stop (’) or simply indicates the word starts with a vowel.

Bet: makes the "b" sound. When there is no dot, it makes the "v" sound.

Gimmel: makes the "g" sound.

Dalet: makes the "d" sound.

He: makes the "h" sound. When at the end of a word it makes the "a" sound.

Vav: makes the "v", "o" and "u" sounds.

Zayin: makes the "z" sound.

Ħet: makes the "kh" sound.

Tet: makes the "t" sound.

Yod: makes the "y" and "i" sounds.

Kaf: makes the "k" sound. When there is no dot, it makes the "kh" sound. Changes form when at the end of a word.

Lamed: makes the "l" sound.

Mem: makes the "m" sound. Changes form when at the end of a word.

Nun: makes the "n" sound. Changes form when at the end of a word.

Samekh: makes the "s" sound.

Qof: makes the "k" sound.

Resh: makes the "r" sound.

Shin: makes the "sh" sound when the dot is on the right; when it's on the left, it makes the "s" sound.

Tav: makes the "t" sound.

Vowels
And we've covered all the vowels:

Shva: marks the end of a syllable or makes the "ə" sound.

Pataħ: makes the "a" sound.

Qamats: makes the "a" sound.

Tsere: makes the "e" sound.

Segol: makes the "e" sound.

Ħiriq: makes the "i" sound.

Qubbuts: makes the "u" sound.

Ħolam: makes the "o" sound.

Shuruq: makes the "u" sound.

Ħataf-Qamats: makes the "o" sound.

Ħataf-Pataħ: makes the "a" sound.

Ħataf-Segol: makes the "e" sound.

New Letters
Three to go!

‘Ayin
The sixteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet is ‘Ayin. Like Aleph, it stands for the glottal stop (co’operate) or silent if it is at the end of a syllable.

Words
‘ivrit the Hebrew language ‘af‘af eyelid (masculine, singular) peh mouth (masculine, singular) safah language, lip, edge (feminine, singular) sefer book (masculine, singular) mispar number (masculine, singular) ‘of fowl, chicken meat (masculine, singular) pas line, strip (masculine, singular)

Summary
In this lesson, you've learned: Practice what you've learned in the exercises.
 * The letters and forms ‘Ayin, Pe , Fe and Fe Sofit.
 * The words and.

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