More Than One Sound Per Letter
Hebrew Equivalents
Know Your Roots
Cognate Mates
100

This letter makes both a dh sound (as in THis) and a z sound

What is Dhaal and/or Dhaw?
100

This letter is Hebrew saadi's Arabic analogue!

What is Saad

100

This Hebrew and Arabic consonantal root communicates what? Q D S or Q D SH

What is holiness

100

Beit and bayit mean what in Arabic and Hebrew, respectively?

House

200

This letter makes a u or w sound

What is waw

200

This Arabic letter is analogous to Hebrew pe

What is fa

200

This Hebrew and Arabic root evokes what? SH M SH or SH M S

The sun

200

Malkah and malakah mean what in Hebrew and Arabic, respectively?

Queen

300

This letter makes a j or a g sound

What is gim or jim

300

This combination of letters makes what sound: دو

What is du

300

This Hebrew and Arabic consonantal root communicates what? H B or H V

Love

300

Hag and hajj mean what?

Pilgrimage

400

This letter makes a q or a g sound

What is quf

400

The name of this letter in Hebrew and Arabic means eye

What is ayin

400

This Hebrew and Arabic consonantal root communicates what? Q R A

Calling or recitation

400

Lashon and lisan mean what?

Tongue

500

This letter makes an emphatic D or a z sound

What is Daad