Ch. 2: The Vowels

Question 1

בַּ - Short Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 1

a-class, Pathach, a as in bat

Question 2

בֶּ - Short Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 2

e-class, Seghol, e as in better

Question 3

בִּ - Short Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 3

i-class, Hireq, i as in bitter

Question 4

בָּ - Short Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 4

o-class, Qamets Hatuf, o as in bottle

Question 5

בֻּ - Short Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 5

u-class, Qibbuts, u as in ruler

Question 6

בֲּ - Reduced Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 6

a-class, Hateph Pathach, a as in amuse

Question 7

בֱּ - Reduced Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 7

e-class, Hateph Seghol, e as in metallic

Question 8

בֳּ - Reduced Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 8

o-class, Hateph Qamets, o as in commit

Question 9

בָּ - Long Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 9

a-class, Qamets, a as in father

Question 10

בֵּ - Long Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 10

e-class, Tsere, e as in they

Question 11

בֹּ - Long Vowel (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 11

o-class, Holem, o as in role

Question 12

בְּ - (give: vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 12

Shewa, oo as in book.

Question 13

בׇּה - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 13

a-class, Qamets He, a as in father

Question 14

בֵּה - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 14

e-class, Tsere He, e as in they

Question 15

בֶּה - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 15

e-class, Seghol He, e as in better

Question 16

בֹּה - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 16

o-class, Holem He, o as in role

Question 17

בּוֹ - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 17

o-class, Holem Waw, o as in role

Question 18

בּוּ - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 18

u-class, Shureq, u as in ruler

Question 19

בֵּי - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 19

e-class, Tsere Yod, e as in they

Question 20

בֶּי - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 20

e-class, Seghol Yod, e as in better

Question 21

בִּי - (give: class, vowel name, pronunciation)

Answer 21

i-class, Hireq Yod, i as in machine

Question 22

What is a daghesh forte?

Answer 22

It’s a dot inside a hebrew consonant to double the consonant in which it occurs, for sake of pronunciation.