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Transliteration

This is not a great page to start on. Come here if you want technical information about the methods used to transcribe Hebrew letters into Latin letters throughout this wiki, but if you're still learning the basics, the consonants and vowels are taught elsewhere on this site in a much more accessible fashion.

Simplified Tables

Vowel Markings

וּ בֻ בֹ בָ בֳ בְ (nakh) בְ (na) בֲ בַ בָ בֱ בֶ בֵ בִ
u oo u oo o o au- • ' ' a- ǝ ᵉ ' a- ǝ ᵉ a a au e- e ei i ee

Consonants

Note: There is no such thing as upper or lowercase in Hebrew, but options are given here so the transliterated text may employ this feature to mark proper names, or to distinguish or emphasize words.

Basic Forms Only

ל כּךּ י ט ח ז ו ה דּ גּ בּ א
L K Y Ŧ @ Kh Ḥ Z V W H D G B A ’ ' upper
l k y ŧ kh ḥ z v w -h d g b –– lower
תּ שֹ שׁ ר ק צץ פּףּ ע ס נן מם
T Th S Sh R Q Tz Ts Ç P F E ‘ ` Ṣ $ N M upper
t th s sh r q tz ts ç p f –– n m lower

All Forms

כך כּךּ י ט ח ז ו ה ד דּ ג גּ ב בּ א
Kh X Ḥ K Y Ŧ @ Ħ Ḥ Z V W H Dh Ð D Gh G v B A ’ ' up
kh x ḥ k y ŧ ħ ḥ z v w -h dh ð d gh g V b low
== kk yy ŧŧ # –– zz vv ww –– == dd == gg == bb –– dbl
תּ תּ שֹ שׁ ר רּ ק צץ פף פּףּ ע ס נן מם ל
Th Þ T S Sh R R` Q Tz Ç F P E ‘ ` Ṣ $ N M L up
th þ t s sh r r` q tz ç f p n m l low
== tt ss shsh rr rr` qq tztz çç == pp –– ṣṣ nn mm ll dbl

Tables in Full Detail

Vowels

Refer to: https://www.ipachart.com/

vowels write as sound with Vet ipa sound name class type
בְ •/- stop at end of
closed syllable
silent shewa
/ shewa nakh
not a
vowel
בִ i / ee Vee /i/ e as in lemur hiriq short i
בֵ ei Vey /e/ a as in lay tsere long e
בֶ e Veh /ɛ/ e as in bed sehgol short e
בֱ e- Veh' /ə/ e as in metallic hataf seghol reduced e
בָ au / a Vau / Va /ɵ/ o as in commit qamatz long a
בַ a Vaw /ɐ/ or /ɜ/ a as in father pataħ short a
בֲ a- ᵉ ' Vuh' (shortest) /ə/ u as in upon ħataf pataħ reduced a
בְ a- ᵉ ' Vuh' (shortest) /ə/ u as in upon vocal shewa short
בֳ au- Vaw' (short) /ɐ/ au as in bauble ħataf qamatz reduced o
בָ o Voh /o/ o as in token qamatz ħatuf short o
בֹ / וֹ o Voh /o/ o as in token holam / holam vav long o
בֻ u / oo Voo /u/ oo as in hoot qubbutz short u
וּ u / oo Voo /u/ oo as in hoot shuruq long u

Consonants

Refer to: https://www.ipachart.com/

consonants write / altern.
(upper lower)
write
doubled
simple
(sound only)
IPA
Chart
sound note others
א A a / ’ /ʔ/ glottal stop E
בּ B b bb b /b/ voiced labial plosive
ב v V / Bh bh == v /v/ voiced labiodental fricative
גּ G g gg g /g/ voiced velar plosive
ג Gh gh == g /g/
/ɹ/ or /ʒ/
anciently: rhotic r or
voiced post-alveolar
fricative (as in leige)
דּ D d dd d /d/ voiced alveolar plosive
ד Dh dh / Ð ð == d / th /ð/ voiced dental fricative
ה H / -h h /h/ voiceless glottal fricative
ו V v / W w vv / ww v /v/ voiced labiodental fricative
ז Z z zz z /z/ voiced alveolar fricative
ח Ħ ħ / Ḥ ḥ ḥ / kh /ħ/ pharyngeal fricative,
“hot breath”
ch
ט Ŧ ŧ / @ ŧŧ # t -/t/ voiced dental plosive
י Y y yy y /j/ palatal approximate
כּךּ K k kk k /k/ voiceless velar plosive
כך Kh kh / X x / Ḥ ḥ == k / kh /χ/ voiceless uvular fricative
ל L l ll l /ɭ/ retroflex lateral approximate
מם M m mm m /m/ voiced bilabial nasal
נן N n nn n /n/ voiced alveolar nasal
ס Ṣ ṣ / $ ṣṣ / $$ s /s/ voiceless alveolar fricative
ע E / ‘ e / ' /ʔ/ or /ʕ/ glottal stop, back O
פּףּ P p pp p /p/ voiceless bilabial plosive
פף Ph ph / F f == f / ph /f/ voiceless labial fricative
צץ Tz tz / Ç ç tztz / çç ts /t͡s/ voiceless alveolar affricate
ק Q q qq q / k +/k/ voiceless pharyngeal plosive K
ר R r rr r /r/ or /ɾ/ trilled/tapped r
שׁ Sh sh shsh sh /ʃ/ voiceless post-alveolar sibalant
ֹש S s ss s /s/ voiceless alveolar sibilant
תּ T t tt t /t/ voiceless dental plosive
ת Th / þ == t / th / s /θ/ or /s/ voiceless dental fricative