Learning-to-Read-Hebrew-v5.dwd

Names and Soundings of the Vowels:

vg¨ UbT§ Vowel

oJ¥ Name

Sound

Ah (in most cases) Oh (clipped: rarely)

¨ © ¥

Qah-MAHTZ .n©e¨

Ah

Pah-TACH jT© P©

TZEY-reh Chah-SEHR rx¥j¨ vr¤hm¥Å

Ey

TZEY-reh Mah-LEY tk¥n¨ vr¤m¥Å

h ¥

Ey

¤

Eh

Seh-GOHL kIdx¤

Choh-LAHM Chah-SEHR ok¨ Ij rx¥ j¨ Choh-LAHM Mah-LEY tk¥n¨ ok¨Ij

«

Aw (close to Oh )

I

Oh

Chiy-RIQ Chah-SEHR rx¥j¨ ehr¦hj¦

¦

Ih

Chiy-RIQ Mah-LEY tk¥n¨ ehr¦hj¦

h ¦

Iy

ª

Uu (as in “put”)

Qoo-BOOTZ .UCeª

Shoo-ROOQ erªUJ

U

Oo (as in “root”)