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Alphabet Names And Sounds Flashcards

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What sound does the letter Bet make at the beginning of a word?

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B sound

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Fill in the blank: The letter Dalet can represent the sound _____ at the beginning of a word.

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D

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What sound does the letter Hei typically make?

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H sound

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Which letter is silent when it appears at the end of a word?

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Aleph

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What is the sound of the letter Vav when it is used as a vowel?

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O or U sound

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True or False: The letter Zayin is always pronounced as ‘Z’.

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True

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What sound does the letter Chet represent?

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Ch (as in ‘Bach’)

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Which letter usually represents the sound ‘T’ when it appears at the beginning of a word?

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Tav

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What sound does Yod represent when it appears at the beginning of a word?

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Y sound as in “yes”

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Fill in the blank: The letter Kaf makes a _____ sound at the beginning of a word.

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K

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What is the final form of the letter Mem called?

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Mem Sofit

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True or False: The letter Nun can change its sound depending on its position in a word.

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True

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What sound does the letter Samech make?

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S sound

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Which letter is pronounced like ‘P’ at the beginning of a word?

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Peh

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What is the sound of the letter Tsadi when it appears at the beginning of a word?

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Ts sound

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Fill in the blank: The letter Qof is pronounced like _____ in English.

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K

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What sound does the letter Resh typically make?

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R sound

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True or False: The letter Shin can represent two different sounds.

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True

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What sound does the letter Tav make at the end of a word?

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T sound

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Which letter is often used to represent the sound ‘sh’?

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Shin

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What is the final form of the letter Kaf called?

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Kaf Sofit

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Fill in the blank: The letter Aleph can represent what type of pause?

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Glottal stop

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What sound does the letter Hei typically represent when it appears at the end of a word?

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H sound or silent

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True or False: The letters in the Hebrew alphabet can have different sounds depending on their position in a word.

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What sound does the letter Vav make when it appears at the end of a word?
V sound
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Which letter represents a hard 'G' sound?
Gimel
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Fill in the blank: The letter Tet is pronounced as _____ at the beginning of a word.
T
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What is the sound of the letter Aleph when it occurs in the middle of a word?
Usually silent or a glottal stop
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What sound does the letter Yod make when it is used as a consonant?
Y sound
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What does the letter Alef say/sound like in a word?
It can be a glottal stop, a hiatus, or a vowel.
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When thinking about the letter Alef, What is a glottal stop?
It is the absence of a true consonant, it’s a sound pronounced by briefly closing the vocal cords such as in the phrase “uh oh”. It creates separation between vowels.
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What does “ב” mean when added to the beginning of a word?
“In”, “at” or “with” depending on the context
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How is the letter “ב” pronounced at the beginning of a word?
It’s pronounced with the hard “b” sound: (with dagesh)
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When the letter Bet ב has no dagesh it makes the sound: When it has a dagesh בּ it makes the sound:
“Vet” “Bet”
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What letter looks like a vav but is longer/ goes lower on the line?
Final Nun נ = ן
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What does the letter ה at the end of a word dictate? What’s an example of this?
In Hebrew, you typically add a "ה" (Hei) to the end of a word to indicate the feminine gender of a noun; essentially, adding a "ה" often transforms a masculine noun into its feminine form. For example: "מלך" (melek) means "king" (masculine), while "מלכה" (malka) means "queen" (feminine).
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What is this letter called “ ו “ and what sound does it make?
Vav, it says “v”, like in the word “very” but depending on the vowel markings added, it can also make an "o" sound like in "go" or an "oo" sound like in "fool.".
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What is this letter called? “ ך “ and what sound does it make? When does this letter usually make that sound?
Final Kaf, makes the sound CH as in the word “Chet” when it has NO dagesh. When it has a dagesh ךּ the final kaf makes the hard KH sound as in the word “Cat”. kaf usually makes the CH sound at the end of a word, or when there is no dagesh
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What letter is this “ ף “ and what sound does it make
Final Pei, it makes the sound “p” as in “puppy”, if it does not have a Dagesh it will make the sound “f” as in “fit”. It is the same as the normal pei letter just drawn out at the bottom.
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What letter is “ צ “ and what sound does it make?
Tzadi, it makes the sound “ts” such as in the word “nuts”
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What letter is “ ץ “ and what sound does it make?
Final Tsadi, it makes the sound “ts”
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ן”
Final nun, makes the sound n
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ ע “
Ayin, it’s silent so it takes on the vowel sound that’s with it. If there are no vowel markings you would assume the vowel sound based on context of the word
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ א “
Alef, it’s silent, so it takes on the sound of the vowel marker with it. If reading without the vowel markers the sound of Alef would depend on context of the word.
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What letter is this and what sound does it make “ ס “
Samech, makes the “s” sound like in snake
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ם”
Final mem, makes the “m” sound like in “mouse”
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ ד “
Dalet, makes the “d” sound. Notice it hands off the top a bit
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ ר”
Resh, makes the sound “r” as in “race”
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ י “
Yod, makes the sound “y” as in “yes”
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What letter is this and what sound does it make? “ פ” What sound does this letter make most of the time, even without vowel markings?
Pe, without dagesh it says “f” sound, with dagesh it says hard “P” sound However At the beginning of a word the letter פ will almost always be pronounced “P”.
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How is the letter ב pronounced at the beginning of a word?
When it’s at the beginning of a word the letter bet will be pronounced “B” like baby not “V”
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How is the letter כ pronounced at the beginning of a word?
At the beginning of a word the letter כ will always be pronounced with a hard “K” sound like “kitty” and not “ch”
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The letter ש is almost always pronounced as what, especially when there are no vowel markings?
“sh”
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What sound does the letter Vav usually make when there are no vowel markings?
When there are no vowel markings, the Hebrew letter "vav" usually makes an "o" sound, as in "oh" when it functions as a vowel; however, the exact pronunciation depends on the context of the word and can sometimes be interpreted as a "u" sound as well.
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What sounds can the letter ו say?
“Oh” “ooh” or “V” depending on if there are dots, (vowel sounds) or if it is acting as a consonant (V).
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In texts with no vowel markings, how is the letter ו usually written so that the reader knows it is making the consonant sound (“v”)
In unvoweled texts, consonantal ו will usually be written as two ו's. (for example: תקווה = tikva.)
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The letter Alef א can act as a glottal stop. Give one example of a Hebrew phrase that has this glottal stop in it
‎ואבוי “ve’evuy” (and alas) Remember that vav means “and” when it’s put in front of another word.
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When the letter ו is at the beginning of a word it almost always means what? Give an example of a Hebrew word with ו being attached to the beginning of it
It almost always means “And” Such as in the Hebrew word ואבוי which means alas. So with the ו in front of the word it would mean “and alas.”
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What sound does the letter ו usually make when it is attached to the beginning of a word, usually meaning “and”
It makes the sound “Veh”

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