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This page provides additional practice and advanced discussion for the letters you should have
learned in Hebrew for Dummies - Lesson 4.
If you need practice saying or reading the letters - go back to lesson 4 first.
An Exception
Remember that we said that פ is always sounded as P at the beginning
of a word or syllable? Not always. An exception occurs for foreign borrow words that begin in F or Ph or end in P.
There the
פ is sounded as it is pronounced in the foreign word (examples -
Hebrew words for Co-op and Photo). These words are spelled with a vav - a letter you may not have
learned yet (see
Hebrew Alphabet for Dummies 6)
פוטו and קו-אופ
Some new words and review with the new letters and letters you know:
| Meaning |
Pronunciation |
Hebrew |
|
Glance |
Mah baht' |
מבט |
|
Pretty, Beautiful (feminine) |
Yah Fah' |
יפה |
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Yaffa (woman's name) |
Yah' Fah |
יפה |
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Handsome, Beautiful (masculine) |
Yah Feh' |
יפה |
|
Me, I |
Ah Nee' |
אני |
|
Poor |
Ah Nee' |
עני |
|
Bitter |
Mahr |
מר |
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Mr. (title) |
Mahr |
מר |
|
Righteous |
Tsadik |
צדיק |
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Youth (boy) |
Nah' ahr |
נער |
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River |
Nah har' |
נהר |
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Side, Hunt |
Tsahd |
צד |
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Narrow, Besieges, Attacks, Enemy |
Tsahr |
צר |
|
Cricket |
Tsahr Tsahr |
צרצר |
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Trouble, Narrow (female object) |
Tsah rah' |
צרה |
|
Bull |
Pahr |
פר |
|
Butterfly |
Pahr
Pahr' |
פרפר |
|
Cow |
Pah Rah' |
פרה |
|
Strip, Stripe |
Pahs |
פס |
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Computer Display (monitor) |
Tsahg |
צג |
|
garden |
Gahn |
גן |
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Dan (man's name) (also, present singular of verb to judge) |
Dan |
דן |
|
Buzzer |
Zahm Zahm' |
זמזם |
|
Tree, Wood |
Ehts |
עץ |
|
Peek, Comes up (arises) |
Tahts |
צץ |
|
Letter Nun |
Noon |
נון |
|
Letter Mem |
Mehm |
מם |
|
Drug |
Sahm |
סם |
|
Tax |
Mahs |
מס |
|
Float |
Tsaf |
צף |
|
Who? |
Mee |
מי |
|
Sex, Type, Species |
Meen |
מין |
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From |
Meen |
מן |
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Napped (masculine singular 3d person) |
Nim Nem' |
נמנם |
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Clutch (of automobile) |
Mahts Mehd' |
מצמד |
|
Runs (Male singular) |
Rah' ts |
רץ |
|
Flies (verb - for birds or superman, singular masculine) |
Ahf |
עף |
|
Nose |
Ahf |
אף |
|
Not even one |
Ahf |
אף |
|
Water |
Mah' yim |
מים |
|
Energy |
Mehr ehts' |
מרץ |
|
Juice |
Meets |
מיץ |
|
With |
Eem |
עם |
|
Nation, People |
Ahm |
עם |
|
Also, too |
Gahm |
גם |
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Finished |
Gah' mahr' |
גמר |
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From the other side of |
Meh ehv' ehr |
מעבר |
|
Passage |
Mah ahv ahr' |
מעבר |
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Play (instrument) (command) |
Nah gen' |
נגן |
|
Plays (instrument) (Masculine Singular) |
Meh nah gen' |
מנגן |
|
Melody |
Mahn gee nah' |
מנגינה |
|
Plays (Feminine Singular |
Meh nah gehn' eht |
מנגנת |
|
Against |
Neh' gehd |
נגד |
|
Resistor |
Nah gahd' |
נגד |
|
Carpenter |
Nah gahr' |
נגר |
|
Touch |
Mah Gah' |
מגע |
|
(he) Touched |
Nah Gah' |
נגע |
|
Revolt |
Mehred |
מרד |
|
Thunder |
Rah' ahm |
רעם |
|
Anger |
Zah' ahm |
זעם |
|
What? |
Mah |
מה |
|
Why? |
Lam ah |
למה |
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There is not (any) |
Ehyn |
אין |
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Eye |
Ah' yeen |
עין |
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Well (water source), Spring |
Mah ah yan' |
מעין |
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Where |
Ay' foh |
איפה |
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Tired |
Ah yehf' |
עייף |
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Right (side) |
Yeh meen' |
ימין |
|
Police |
Mish tah rah' |
משטרה |
|
Please |
Nah |
נא |
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Raw, Moving |
Nah |
נע |
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If |
Eem |
אם |
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Mother (Mommy) |
ee mah' |
אמא |
|
Mother |
Ehm |
אם |
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Photograph ("Photo") |
foh' toh |
פוטו |
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Cooperative ("Co-op") |
koh ohp' |
קו-אופ |
|
Camera |
Mahts leh mah' |
מצלמה |
Confuse-o-grams
Similar words with different meaning and sometimes different spelling
| Meaning |
Pronunciation |
Hebrew |
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Against |
Neh' gehd |
נגד |
|
Resistor |
Nah gahd' |
נגד |
|
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If |
Eem |
אם |
|
With |
Eem |
עם |
|
Nation, People |
Ahm |
עם |
|
Mother |
Ehm |
אם |
| |
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Flies (verb - for birds or superman, singular masculine) |
Ahf |
עף |
|
Nose |
Ahf |
אף |
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Not even one |
Ahf |
אף |
|
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Bitter |
Mahr |
מר |
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Mr. (title) |
Mahr |
מר |
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I |
Ah Nee' |
אני |
|
Poor |
Ah Nee' |
עני |
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Sentences and phrases:
מאיפה אתה בא? Where are you coming from
למה אני עני? Why am I poor
אין מיץ. There is no juice
Before you go on, be sure to write out all the above words and say them out loud.
Here is some cursive script practice with these letters and words:
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