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"Hebrew" may refer either to Modern Israeli Hebrew, reconstructed languages such as Biblical or Mishnaic Hebrew, or to various pronunciation traditions used in liturgical settings.

[edit] Modern Hebrew

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Modern/Israeli Hebrew language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Since Modern Hebrew has both non-Oriental and Oriental pronunciation, certain letters may be transcribed differently depending on the background of the speaker. See Hebrew phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hebrew.

Note: An image of the chart is also available.

[edit] IPA: Hebrew Consonants
IPA	Letter(s)	English Examples	Romanization
b	בּ (Bet)	but, web	b
d	ד (Dalet)	do, odd	d
dʒ	ג׳ (Gimel with geresh)	gin, joy, edge	j
f	פ ף (Fei)	fool, enough, leaf	f
ɡ	ג (Gimel)	go, get, beg	g
h	ה (Hei)	hen	h
(ħ)^[1]	ח (Chet)	Arabic Hussein
j	י (Yud)	yes	y
k	כּ (Kaph)	cat, kill, skin, queen, thick	k
l	ל (Lamed)	left, bell	l
m	מ ם (Mem)	man, tam	m
n	נ ן (Nun)	no, tin	n
p	פּ (Pei)	pen, spin, tip	p
ʁ^[2]	ר (Resh)	(guttural R) (Rhotic consonant) ex. run	r
s	ס (Samech) שׂ (Sin)	see, city, pass	s
ʃ	שׁ (Shin)	she, sure, emotion, leash	sh
t	ט (Tet) ת (Tav)	two, sting, bet	t
ts^[3]	צ ץ (Tsadi) תס (Tav-Samech) תשׂ (Tav-Sin)	tsunami, pizza	ts (or tz)
tʃ	צ׳ (Tsadi with geresh)	chair, nature, teach	ch
v	ב (Vet) ו (Vav)	voice, have	v
w	וו (double Vav) ו (Vav)	we	w
χ	ח (Chet)^[1] כ ך (Chaph)	Scottish loch	ch (or kh)
z	ז (Zayin)	zoo, rose	z
ʒ	ז׳ (Zayin with geresh)	pleasure, beige	varies
ʔ	א (Aleph) ע (Ayin)^[1]	uh-(ʔ)oh	unwritten
(ʕ)^[1]	ע (Ayin)	Arabic Abdullah^[4]

[edit] IPA: Hebrew Vowels
IPA	Letter(s)	English Examples	Romanization
a	(Kamatz), (Patach)	run, enough	a
e	(Zeire), (Segol)	bed, lead, said	e
i	י(Hiriq-Yud), (Hiriq)	city, see, ski, leaf	i
o	וֹ (Vav with cholam)	no, tow	o
u	וּ (Vav with shuruk), (Kubutz)	soon, through	u
(e)^[5]	(Shva)	bet, (may be silent)	e or nothing

[edit] IPA: Hebrew Diphthongs
IPA	Letter(s)	English Examples	Romanization
ej	י (Segol-Yud), (Zeire)	day, pain, table	ei
aj	י (Patach-Yud), י (Kamatz-Yud)	fine, why	ai
oj	וֹי (Vav with holam male-Yud)	loin, boy	oi
uj	וּי (Vav with shuruq-Yud)	chop suey, phooey	ui
ao (rare)	או (Alef-Vav)	town, mouse	ao
ju (rare)	יוּ (Yud-Vav with shuruk)	cute, beauty , circular	yu
ij (rare)	יְ(Hiriq-Yud with Shva Nach) i.e. "נִיְלֵן" nij'lɛn	—	iy

[edit] IPA: Marginal Sounds
IPA	Letter(s)	English Examples	Romanization
ð	ד׳ (Dalet with geresh)	this, breathe, father	th
ŋ	נג (Nun-Gimel),	ringer, sing, drink	ng
θ	ת׳ (Tav with geresh)	thing, teeth	th

[edit] IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of Hebrew pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/
ˌ	Secondary stress, for example battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
(ː)	Gemination (in Oriental Hebrew only), for example big gun [bigːɐn]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Most speakers have merged pharyngeal /ħ, ʕ/ with /χ, ʔ/ (respectively).
^ /ʁ/ is uvular for most speakers, though Oriental dialects retain an alveolar pronunciation: [r].
^ /ts/ is also written with a tie-bar when the Hebrew script has צ ץ: /t͡s/. The tie-bar is omitted in the above chart as it does not display correctly in all browsers.
^ Strictly speaking the A in Abdullah is pronounced [ʕa].
^ The rules for when shva represents a pronounced vowel are different in Oriental and non-Oriental Hebrew.

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The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005) Symbols for all languages are shown on this one-page chart.

[phar-0] Most speakers have merged pharyngeal /ħ, ʕ/ with /χ, ʔ/ (respectively).

[1] /ʁ/ is uvular for most speakers, though Oriental dialects retain an alveolar pronunciation: [r].

[ts-2] /ts/ is also written with a tie-bar when the Hebrew script has צ ץ: /t͡s/. The tie-bar is omitted in the above chart as it does not display correctly in all browsers.

[3] Strictly speaking the A in Abdullah is pronounced [ʕa].

[4] The rules for when shva represents a pronounced vowel are different in Oriental and non-Oriental Hebrew.

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[edit] Modern Hebrew

[edit] IPA: Hebrew Consonants

[edit] IPA: Hebrew Vowels

[edit] IPA: Hebrew Diphthongs

[edit] IPA: Marginal Sounds

[edit] IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of Hebrew pronunciation

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

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