Unit 1 Flashcards
Consonants, Vowels, and Writing (67 cards)
1
Q
א
A
alef, silent
2
Q
בּ
A
bet, b
3
Q
ב
A
vet, v
4
Q
ג
A
gimel, g
5
Q
ד
A
dalet, d
6
Q
ה
A
he, h
7
Q
ו
A
waw, v
8
Q
ז
A
zayin, z
9
Q
ח
A
chet, ch
10
Q
ט
A
tet, t
11
Q
י
A
yod, y or silent
12
Q
כּ
A
kaf, k
13
Q
כ
A
khaf, ch
14
Q
ך
A
khaf sofit, ch
15
Q
ל
A
lamed, l
16
Q
מ
A
mem, m
17
Q
ם
A
mem sofit, m
18
Q
נ
A
nun, n
19
Q
ן
A
nun sofit, n
20
Q
ס
A
samekh, s
21
Q
ע
A
ayin, silent
22
Q
פּ
A
pe, p
23
Q
פ
A
fe, f
24
Q
ף
A
fe sofit, f
25
ץ
tsadi sofit, ts
26
צ
tsadi, ts
27
ק
qof, k
28
ר
resh, r
29
שׂ
sin, s
30
שׁ
shin, sh
31
ת
taw, t
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Which final letter is almost always pointed with a shewa?
Khaf sofit
33
Which consonants have two variants?
Begadkefat letters
34
What is a meter lectionis in Hebrew?
A consonantal vowel marker, typically he, waw, and yod
35
Which vowels are short?
Patah, segol, hireq, qametz hatuf, and qibbus
36
אַ (vowel)
Patah, short a
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בֶ (vowel)
segol, short e
38
חִ (vowel)
hireq, short i
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בָּ [short] (vowel)
qamatz hatuf, short o
40
לֻ (vowel)
qibbus, short u
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Which vowels are reduced?
Hatef patah, hatef segol, hatef qamatz
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אֳ (vowel)
Hatef qamatz, short o
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אֲ (vowel)
Hatef patah
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אֱ (vowel)
Hatef segol
45
What are the tone-long vowels?
Qamatz, sere, holem
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קָ (vowel)
qamatz, ah
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צֵ (vowel)
sere, eh
48
מֹ (vowel)
holem, oh
49
בָה (vowel with matres lectionis)
Qamatz-he, a
50
רֵי (vowel with matres lectionis)
sere-yod, ey
51
בִי (vowel with matres lectionis)
hireq-yod, i
52
וֹ or כֹה (vowel with matres lectionis)
holem-waw or holwm-he, o
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וּ (vowel with matres lectiones)
shureq, u
54
When is ה a mater lectionis?
When unpointed at the end of a word
55
When is י a mater lectionis?
When not pointed or followed by a vowel with mater lectionis
56
When is 𐡅 a mater lectionis and a vowel?
When pointed with shureq
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When is 𐡅 a consonant?
When pointed with an a-class vowel, i-class vowel, or shewa; when appearing at the end of a word
58
סוּס
Horse
59
עִיר
City, town
60
הֵיכַל
Palace, temple
61
מִי
Who
62
שָׂדֶה
Field
63
הַר
Mountain
64
אֵצֶל
Beside, near, next to
65
זָהָב
Gold
66
אִישׁ
Man
67
גָּדוֹל
Big, great, large
