The Aleph - Bet
By Stan Goodenough
The Hebrew alphabet is easy to learn. And if you wish to read, write and/or speak in Hebrew, this is obviously the place to start.
Here's how to teach yourself the basic building blocks of this fascinating ancient yet modern language, in just a few minutes a day.
Print out and fold this page to hide the last two columns. Using a ruler to cover the "name" column, memorize the characters one by one.
Character Print - Written | Name | Sound | English Equivalent |
  | alef | "a" as in harp | "a" |
  | bet | "b" | "b" |
  | gimel | "g" as in gap | "g" |
  | dalet | "d" | "d" |
  | hey | "h" | "h" |
  | vav | "v" as in van | "v" |
  | zayin | "z" | "z" |
  | chet | "ch" as in loch | "ch" |
  | tet | "t" | "t" |
  | yood | "y" as in yellow | "y" |
  | caf | "c" as in cuup | "k" |
  | caf sofit (ending) | "c" as in cup | "k" |
  | lamed | "l" | "l" |
  | mem | "m" | "m" |
  | mem sofit (ending) | "m" | "m" |
  | noon | "n" | "n" |
  | noon sofit | "n" | "n" |
  | samech | "s" | "s" |
  | ayin | gutteral "a" as in cut | "c" |
  | fey or pey | "f" or "p" | "f" or "p" |
  | fey or pey sofit (ending) | "f" or "p" | "f" or "p" |
  | tsadi | "ts" as in hats | "ts" |
  | tsadi sofit (ending) | "ts" as in hats | "ts" |
  | qof | "k" as in kill | "k" |
  | resh | "r" as in roll | "r" |
  | shin or sin | "sh" or "s" | "sh" or "s" |
  | tav | "t" | "t" |
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