Hebrew Consonants
ד
dalet (ch.2)
אֶ
Seghol
בֶּד
"bed"
אָב
fatheר
ג
Gimel (ch.3)
אִ
Hireq
גַל
אָח
brother
ח
Khet (ch. 3)
אֻ
qibbuts
הֻ
"hoo"
רָע
bad
How many letters are in the Hebrew Alphabet?
22
Patakh
דִג
"dig"
שֵׁם
name
These consonants are pronounced differently depending on whether the dagesh (a dot) was written in them
The Beged-Kephet Consonants (בגדכפת) (ch. 2-5)
This type of consonant is used to indicate a (long) vowel sound
"Matres lectionis" ("Mother of language") — Often he ה and vav ו (ch 1)
בֶּב
"bev"
הַר
mountain