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Hebrew Consonants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a clear table of the Modern Hebrew consonants with their phonetic values (IPA) and Latin transliteration equivalents.<\/strong> This should give you a quick reference for reading, writing, or transliterating Hebrew into Latin script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Modern Hebrew Consonants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The next table gives a direct mapping from Hebrew consonants \u2192 IPA \u2192 Latin transliteration<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hebrew Letter<\/th>Name<\/th>IPA (Phonetic Sound)<\/th>Latin Equivalent<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
\u05d0<\/td>Alef<\/td>\u0294 \/ \u2205 (glottal stop or silent)<\/td>\u2019 \/ (none)<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d1\u05bc \/ \u05d1<\/td>Bet<\/td>b \/ v<\/td>b \/ v<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d2<\/td>Gimel<\/td>g<\/td>g<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d3<\/td>Dalet<\/td>d<\/td>d<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d4<\/td>He<\/td>h<\/td>h<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d5<\/td>Vav<\/td>v \/ w (historically)<\/td>v<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d6<\/td>Zayin<\/td>z<\/td>z<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d7<\/td>Het<\/td>\u03c7 (like German \u201cBach\u201d)<\/td>kh<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d8<\/td>Tet<\/td>t<\/td>t<\/td><\/tr>
\u05d9<\/td>Yod<\/td>j (English \u201cy\u201d)<\/td>y<\/td><\/tr>
\u05db\u05bc \/ \u05db<\/td>Kaf<\/td>k \/ \u03c7<\/td>k \/ kh<\/td><\/tr>
\u05dc<\/td>Lamed<\/td>l<\/td>l<\/td><\/tr>
\u05de<\/td>Mem<\/td>m<\/td>m<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e0<\/td>Nun<\/td>n<\/td>n<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e1<\/td>Samekh<\/td>s<\/td>s<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e2<\/td>Ayin<\/td>\u2205 \/ \u0294 (silent or glottal stop; older Oriental: \u0295)<\/td>\u2018<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e4\u05bc \/ \u05e4<\/td>Pe<\/td>p \/ f<\/td>p \/ f<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e6<\/td>Tsade<\/td>ts<\/td>ts<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e7<\/td>Qof<\/td>k (uvular historically)<\/td>k<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e8<\/td>Resh<\/td>\u0281 \/ r (uvular fricative or alveolar trill)<\/td>r<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e9\u05c1 \/ \u05e9\u05c2<\/td>Shin \/ Sin<\/td>\u0283 (\u201csh\u201d) \/ s<\/td>sh \/ s<\/td><\/tr>
\u05ea\u05bc \/ \u05ea<\/td>Tav<\/td>t \/ \u03b8 (historically)<\/td>t<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Modern Hebrew Final Form Consonants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Hebrew, five consonants take on a special final form<\/strong> when they appear at the end of a word: Kaf (\u05da), Mem (\u05dd), Nun (\u05df), Pe (\u05e3), and Tsade (\u05e5)<\/strong>. These letters are pronounced exactly the same as their regular counterparts (\u05db, \u05de, \u05e0, \u05e4, \u05e6), but their written shape changes to mark the word boundary. The practice comes from ancient scribal traditions that distinguished word endings visually, and it remains a standard feature of Hebrew orthography today. Final forms do not alter meaning or sound; they simply provide clarity in reading and writing, much like capital letters in English signal sentence boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hebrew Letter<\/th>Name<\/th>IPA (Phonetic Sound)<\/th>Latin Equivalent<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
\u05da<\/td>Final Kaf<\/td>k \/ \u03c7 (like \u201ckh\u201d)<\/td>k \/ kh<\/td><\/tr>
\u05dd<\/td>Final Mem<\/td>m<\/td>m<\/td><\/tr>
\u05df<\/td>Final Nun<\/td>n<\/td>n<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e3<\/td>Final Pe<\/td>p \/ f<\/td>p \/ f<\/td><\/tr>
\u05e5<\/td>Final Tsade<\/td>ts<\/td>ts<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n