Learning the Hebrew alphabet may seem a little difficult initially, but it is well worth it because since Hebrew phonics are very regular, once you know the alphabet you also know how to pronounce new words you see in the dictionary or newspaper. Hebrew letters have only one case (rather than upper and lower case as in English), although a few letters have different forms when they come at the end of the word. These letters are referred to as letter sofit (סופית), which means final.

The Hebrew alphabet is an abajad, that means that it is made up of consonants only. Hebrew does have vowels, they are added as dots above, below or next to the letters. Vowels are only used in newspapers, dictionaries, and documents written for beginning readers. It also helps to know that Hebrew is read from right to left.

Hebrew Consonants

Sound	Name	Hebrew Letter
No sound on it's own, often given a vowel	alif	א
b as in boy	bet	בּ
v as in vowel	vet	ב
g as in get	gimel	ג
d as in dog	dalet	ד
h as in hey	he	ה
v as in vowel	vav	ו
z as in zoo	zayin	ז
German hard H as in Bach	het	ח
t as in tot	tet	ט
y as in boy	yod	י
k as in cough	kaf kaf sofit	כ ך
ch as in Bach	chaf chaf sofit	כּ ךּ
l as in lovely	lamed	ל
m as in my	mem mem sofit	מ ם
n as in no	nun nun sofit	נ ן
s as in sum	samek	ס
no sound, often given a vowel	ayin	ע
p as in pie	pe	פּ
f as in fun	fe fe sofet	פ ף
tz, similar to zoom	tsadi	צ ץ
q as in quiet,c as in coot	qof	ק
r as in right	resh	ר
sh as in sheep	shin	שׁ
s as in sin	sin	שׂ
t as in toy	tav	ת

You will notice that more than one letter has the same sound, this is for historical reasons and my Hebrew teacher told us there is no rule as to which letter is used in which word.

Learning the Hebrew Alphabet - Vowels
Learning the Hebrew Alphabet - Foreign Sounds

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