Hebrew Consonants
The two silent letters
What are aleph and ayin?
The nikud that make the "ah" sound.
What are patach, kamatz gadol, and chataf patach?
The "n" sound at the end of word.
What is a nun sofit?
The dots found either above, next to, or under a letter.
What are nikud?
The two diphthongs that make the long "i" sound.
What are patach/yud and kamatz/yud?
The letter that is pronounced by rolling the tongue in the back of the throat.
What is a resh?
The nikud that makes the long "e" sound.
What is a hirik?
The letter that looks like a box at the end of the word.
What is a mem sofit?
The dot that is found above a letter.
What is a cholam?
The diphthong that combines the long "i" and long "e."
What is patach/yud/hirik?
The two letters that make the hard "k" sound.
What are kaf and quf?
The nikud that makes the soft "eh" sound.
What is the segol?
What is a "kaf" sofit?
The dot that is found on the left side of the letter.
What is a shuruk?
The diphthong that combines the long "u" and long "e."
What is shuruk/ yud?
The two letters that make the gutteral "h" sound.
What are chet and chaf?
The nikud that make the long "oh" sound.
What are cholem, vav cholem, and kamatz natan?
The letter that makes a "ts" sound at the end of the word, and looks like a backwards "Y."
The dot found inside a letter.
What is a dagesh?
The diphthong that make the long "a" sound.
What is kamatz,yud,vav?
The two letters that make the "s" sound.
What are samech and sin?
The nikud that make the "u" sound.
What are shuruk and kubutz?
I say "ach" when you see me at the end of the word.
What is chet with a patach?
The smallest letter in the alephbet.
What is a yud?
The diphthong that make the "oi" sound.
What is cholam/yud?