Hebrew Vowels
What sound does this vowel make:אַ?
Ah.
How do you say this word: בַּת?
How do you say this word: אַנִי?
'Ah-nee.' It means 'I.'
How do you say this word: בִּימָה?
'Bee-mah.' It means 'platform' and it's the raised area at the synagogue where the Rabbi and Cantor stand.
What is the name of this letter and what sound does it make: ת?
Tav, 't.'
What sound does this vowel make: אָ?
Ah.
How do you say this word: דָג?
'Dahg.' It means 'fish.'
How do you say this word: יָד?
How do you say this word: נַצִיג?
'Nah-tzeeg.'
Draw and name the Hebrew letter that makes a "tz" sound, as in "tzee-tzeet."
Tzadi, צ.
What sound does the vowel make:אֵ?
ay
How do you say this word: מַה?
'Mah.' It means 'what.'
How do you say this word: נָתַן?
'Nah-tahn.' It means 'gave.'
How do you say this word: מַאַמִין?
'Mah-ah-meen.' It means 'believe.'
What is the name of this letter and what sound does it make: א?
Aleph, and it's silent, taking the sound of the vowel underneath it.
What sound does this vowel make:אֶ?
eh.
How do you say this word: נִי?
'Nee.'
How do you say this word: אַיִן?
'Ah-yeen.' It means 'eye.'
How do you say this word: 'קוּמִ?
'Koo-mee.' It means 'I came.'
Draw and name the Hebrew letter that makes a "K" sound, as in "kiddush."
Koof, ק.
What sounds does this vowel make: וּ?
Oo.
How do you say this word: קוּ?
'Koo.'
How do you say this word: הוּא?
'Hoo.' It means 'he.'
How do you say this word: הַצַדִ'ק?
'Ha-tza-deek.' It means 'the righteous one.'
What is the name of this letter and what sound does it make:ן?
Final nun, 'n.' Comes only at the end of a word.