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Here is the alphabet with the associated sounds. These are the consonantal sounds, although we will see next time that some of these letters do function as vowels.
Aleph א has a short throaty sound similar to the h in heir and honest - and sometimes its silent. Its pronounced with a vowel and the later examples will be helpful...
Bet ב has a v sound while בּ has a b sound
Gimel ג has a soft g sound like the g in George whileגּ has a harder g sound like go
Dalet ד has a "th" sound while דּ has a d sound
He ה has an h sound
Waw ו has a w sound modern Hebrew has the v sound
Zayin ז has a z sound
Het ח has a ch sound, back in the throat like Bach or Scottish loch
Tet ט has a t sound
Yod י has a y sound
Kaph כ has a ch sound as in Scottish loch or Bach while כּ has a hard "k" sound
Lamed ל has an l sound
Mem מ ם has an m sound
Nun ן נ has an n sound
Samek ס has an s sound
Ayin ע is similar in sound to Aleph, but a little more throaty. Like with Aleph, the examples will be helpful.
Pe פ has an f sound whileפּ has an p sound
Sade ץ צ has a ts sound as in jets
Qophק has a q sound
Res ר has an r sound
Sin שׂ has an s sound
S(h)in שׁ has an sh sound as in Shalom
Taw ת has a th sound while תּ has a t sound
Notice that some letters have the same sounds - such as tet ט and taw תּ, both with t. A word may sound the same as another word but be spelled differently. Therefore one needs to pay careful to how a word is spelled and how it sounds. Next up: the vowels...
Aleph א has a short throaty sound similar to the h in heir and honest - and sometimes its silent. Its pronounced with a vowel and the later examples will be helpful...
Bet ב has a v sound while בּ has a b sound
Gimel ג has a soft g sound like the g in George whileגּ has a harder g sound like go
Dalet ד has a "th" sound while דּ has a d sound
He ה has an h sound
Waw ו has a w sound modern Hebrew has the v sound
Zayin ז has a z sound
Het ח has a ch sound, back in the throat like Bach or Scottish loch
Tet ט has a t sound
Yod י has a y sound
Kaph כ has a ch sound as in Scottish loch or Bach while כּ has a hard "k" sound
Lamed ל has an l sound
Mem מ ם has an m sound
Nun ן נ has an n sound
Samek ס has an s sound
Ayin ע is similar in sound to Aleph, but a little more throaty. Like with Aleph, the examples will be helpful.
Pe פ has an f sound whileפּ has an p sound
Sade ץ צ has a ts sound as in jets
Qophק has a q sound
Res ר has an r sound
Sin שׂ has an s sound
S(h)in שׁ has an sh sound as in Shalom
Taw ת has a th sound while תּ has a t sound
Notice that some letters have the same sounds - such as tet ט and taw תּ, both with t. A word may sound the same as another word but be spelled differently. Therefore one needs to pay careful to how a word is spelled and how it sounds. Next up: the vowels...