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Latest revision as of 20:11, 22 October 2011
Hebrew texts are read from right to left (reverse to English texts).
Hebrew alphabet consists of 22 letters, five of which use different forms at the end of a word.
Here is the list of the Hebrew letters. For the letters which have a different form at the end of a word, that form (so called “sophit”) is shown to the left of the main form of the letter.
| Name of the letter | Letter |
|---|---|
| Aleph | א |
| Bet | ב |
| Gimel | ג |
| Dalet | ד |
| He | ה |
| Vav | ו |
| Zayn | ז |
| Het | ח |
| Tet | ט |
| Yod | י |
| Kaf | כ ך |
| Lamed | ל |
| Mem | מ ם |
| Nun | נ ן |
| Samekh | ס |
| Ayin | ע |
| Pe | פ ף |
| Tsadi | צ ץ |
| Qof | ק |
| Resh | ר |
| Shin | ש |
| Tav | ת |
There are no distinction of lower case and upper case letters.
Letters ה and י are often added to words or omitted in words, dependently on the manner of a scribe.
Most words have a three-letter root. But some words have roots of a different number of letters.
We will denote words having a letter X at the place N (N=1, 2, or 3) in the root as N-X.
