Hebrew Aleph-Bet
All 22 letters. Hebrew reads right to left. There are no separate uppercase letters.
א
Aleph
silent
ʼ / —
ב
Bet
b / v
b / v
ג
Gimel
g (as in go)
g
ד
Dalet
d
d
ה
Hey
h
h
ו
Vav
v / o / u
v
ז
Zayin
z
z
ח
Chet
ch (loch)
ch
ט
Tet
t
t
י
Yod
y
y
כ
Kaf
k / ch
k / ch
ל
Lamed
l
l
מ
Mem
m
m
נ
Nun
n
n
ס
Samech
s
s
ע
Ayin
silent (guttural)
ʻ / —
פ
Pey
p / f
p / f
צ
Tsadi
ts
ts
ק
Qof
k
q / k
ר
Resh
r
r
ש
Shin/Sin
sh / s
sh / s
ת
Tav
t
t
A few rules to know
- Hebrew is read right to left. The first word of a sentence is on the right.
- Five letters (Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pey, Tsadi) have a different shape at the end of a word ("final" form).
- Vowels are not letters — they're dots and dashes added under or beside consonants. Modern Israeli Hebrew often omits them.
- The dot inside a letter (dagesh) often changes its sound — ב = v, but בּ = b.