Learn the Hebrew alphabet with letter names, sounds, and examples.
א
Name: Alef, Sound: silent (glottal stop), Example: אב (father)
ב
Name: Bet, Sound: /b/, Example: בית (house)
ג
Name: Gimel, Sound: /g/, Example: גדול (big)
ד
Name: Dalet, Sound: /d/, Example: דלת (door)
ה
Name: He, Sound: /h/, Example: הר (mountain)
ו
Name: Vav, Sound: /v/, Example: וגם (and also)
ז
Name: Zayin, Sound: /z/, Example: זקן (old)
ח
Name: Het, Sound: /x/ (guttural), Example: חם (hot)
ט
Name: Tet, Sound: /t/, Example: טוב (good)
י
Name: Yud, Sound: /y/, Example: יום (day)
כ
Name: Kaf, Sound: /k/, Example: כסא (chair)
ך
Name: Kaf final, Sound: /k/, Example: ספר (book)
ל
Name: Lamed, Sound: /l/, Example: לב (heart)
מ
Name: Mem, Sound: /m/, Example: מיץ (juice)
ם
Name: Mem final, Sound: /m/, Example: שם (name)
נ
Name: Nun, Sound: /n/, Example: נשמה (soul)
ן
Name: Nun final, Sound: /n/, Example: עין (eye)
ס
Name: Samekh, Sound: /s/, Example: סוס (horse)
ע
Name: Ayin, Sound: silent (glottal), Example: עיר (city)
פ
Name: Pe, Sound: /p/, Example: פה (mouth)
ף
Name: Pe final, Sound: /p/, Example: דף (page)
צ
Name: Tzadi, Sound: /ts/, Example: צפרדע (frog)
ץ
Name: Tzadi final, Sound: /ts/, Example: רץ (runs)
ק
Name: Qof, Sound: /k/, Example: קול (voice)
ר
Name: Resh, Sound: /r/, Example: ריצה (running)
ש
Name: Shin, Sound: /sh/, Example: שלום (hello)
ת
Name: Tav, Sound: /t/, Example: תה (tea)
בּ
Begadkefat: Bet with dagesh, Sound: /b/, Example: בן (son)
כּ
Begadkefat: Kaf with dagesh, Sound: /k/, Example: כל (all)
פּ
Begadkefat: Pe with dagesh, Sound: /p/, Example: פעם (time)
ַ (Patach)
Vowel mark: Short 'a' sound, Example: בַּ (in)
ָ (Kamatz)
Vowel mark: Long 'a' sound, Example: בָּ (in)
ֵ (Tzereh)
Vowel mark: 'e' sound, Example: בֵּ (in)
ֶ (Segol)
Vowel mark: Short 'e' sound, Example: בֶּ (in)
ִ (Chirik)
Vowel mark: 'i' sound, Example: בִּ (in)
ֹ (Cholam)
Vowel mark: 'o' sound, Example: בֹּ (in)
ֻ (Kubutz)
Vowel mark: 'u' sound, Example: בֻּ (in)