Ulpan-Or: Hebrew Letters

Modern Hebrew alphabet consists of 22 basic Hebrew letters; in addition you will also find five letters
that have unique companions – “end letters”, which are used instead of the regular letters
only when written as the last letter of a word.

The vowels – “nekudot” are not an integral part of the Hebrew alphabet, and are regarded separately.

In normal texts of Modern Hebrew, vowels are totally omitted, relying on the reader’s knowledge
of the correct word pronunciation in the respected context.

Following charts include all the Print Hebrew letters of Hebrew alphabet.
Note that Hebrew texts are written from right to left.

Print Hebrew Letters	Script Hebrew Letters	Name	Sound
א	א	Alef	Doesn't have sound of its own. It adapts the sound of the associated vowels
בּ	בּ	Bet	B (has a dot inside the letter)
ב	ב	Vet	V
ג	ג	Gimel	G
ד	ד	Dalet	D
ה	ה	Hey	H
ו	ו	Vav	V,O,U (depends on vowels)
ז	ז	Zayin	Z
ח	ח	Het	KH - as in Scottish "LOCH" It's a guttural letter, but most of the Israelis nowadays pronounce it as KH
ט	ט	Tet	T
י	י	Yud	Y
כּ	כּ	Kaf	K (has a dot inside the letter)
כ	כ	Khaf	KH - as in Scottish "LOCH"
ך	ך	Khaf (end)	KH (End letter)
ל	ל	Lamed	L

Print Hebrew Letters	Script Hebrew Letters	Name	Sound
מ	מ	Mem	M
ם	ם	Mem (end)	M – (End letter)
נ	נ	Nun	N
ן	ן	Nun (end)	N – (End letter)
ס	ס	Samekh	S
ע	ע	Ayin	A guttural It's a guttural letter, but most of the Israelis nowadays pronounce it as A
פּ	פּ	Pey	P (has a dot inside the letter)
פ	פ	Fey	F
ף	ף	Phey (end)	F – (End letter)
צ	צ	Tzadi	TZ
ץ	ץ	Tzadi (end)	TZ – (End letter)
ק	ק	Quf	K
ר	ר	Reysh	R
שׁ	שׁ	Shin	SH (dot on the upper right-hand side)
שׂ	שׂ	Sin	S (dot on the upper left-hand side)
ת	ת	Tav	T

To find out how to make significant progress in Hebrew using Ulpan-Or unique method, please click here