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|
| IPA |
Letter(s) |
English approximate |
Romanization
|
| b
|
בּ (Bet)
|
but, web
|
b
|
| d
|
ד (Dalet)
|
dark, odd
|
d
|
| dʒ[1]
|
ג׳ (Gimel with geresh)
|
gin, joy, edge
|
ǧ or j
|
| f
|
פ ף (Fei)
|
fool, enough, leaf
|
f or p̄
|
| ɡ
|
ג (Gimel)
|
go, get, beg
|
g
|
| h
|
ה (Hei)
|
hen
|
h
|
| ħ[2]
|
ח (Chet)
|
as in Arabic Hussein, pronounced by Oriental Hebrew speakers
|
ḥ or ch
|
| j
|
י (Yud)
|
yes
|
y
|
| k
|
כּ (Kaph)
|
skin, skip
|
k
|
| l
|
ל (Lamed)
|
left
|
l
|
| m
|
מ ם (Mem)
|
man, tam
|
m
|
| n
|
נ ן (Nun)
|
no, tin
|
n
|
| p
|
פּ (Pei)
|
speak, spin
|
p
|
| q[2]
|
ק (Qoph)
|
as qāḍī in Literary Arabic, but in Modern Hebrew, normally pronounced as skin
|
q or k
|
| ʁ[3]
|
ר (Resh)
|
(guttural R) (Rhotic
consonant) ex. run
|
r
|
| s
|
ס (Samech)
שׂ (Sin)
|
see, city, pass
|
s
|
| ʃ
|
שׁ (Shin)
|
she, sure, emotion, leash
|
š or sh
|
| t
|
ט (Tet)
ת (Tav)
|
sting, stick, start
|
t
|
| ts[1]
|
צ ץ (Tsadi)
תס (Tav-Samech)
תשׂ (Tav-Sin)
|
tsunami, pizza, cats
|
ts (or tz)
|
| tʃ[1]
|
צ׳ (Tsadi with geresh)
|
chair, nature, teach
|
č or ch
|
| v
|
ב (Vet)
ו (Vav)
וו (double Vav)
|
voice, have
|
v or ḇ/w
|
| w[4]
|
וו (double Vav)
ו (Vav)
|
we
|
w
|
| χ
|
ח (Chet)[2]
כ ך (Chaph)
|
Similar to Scottish loch
|
ḥ/ḵ or ch/kh
|
| z
|
ז (Zayin)
|
zoo, rose
|
z
|
| ʒ
|
ז׳ (Zayin with geresh)
|
pleasure, beige
|
ž
|
| ʔ
|
א (Aleph)
ע (Ayin)[2]
|
uh-(ʔ)oh
|
ʼ or '
|
| ʕ[2]
|
ע (Ayin)
|
as in Arabic ʿAbdallah, pronounced by Oriental Hebrew speakers
|
ʻ or '
|
|
|
|
| IPA
|
Letter(s)
|
English approximate
|
Romanization
|
| ä
|
ָ (Kamatz),  (Patach)
|
father
|
a
|
| e̞
|
 (Zeire),  (Segol),  (Shva)
|
bed, head, said
|
e
|
| i
|
י (Hiriq-Yud), (Hiriq)
|
city, see, ski, leaf
|
i
|
| o̞
|
ֹ (Holam alone), וֹ (with any mater lectionis)
|
story
|
o
|
| u
|
וּ (Vav with shuruk),  (Kubutz)
|
soon, through
|
u
|
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