Tet: The letter Tet makes a “t” sound like television. The “ch” is a sound you would make if you are clearing your throat and hocking a loogie. Chet has a sound that combines two English letters to make a “ch” sound like Chanukah or challah. The letter Zayin makes a “z” sound like zebra.Ĭhet: The letter Chet looks like a square, but without the bottom line. Zayin: We refer to the letter Zayin as Zig Zag Zayin because even though the top line is technically on a diagonal and not a zig zag, it’s not easy to come up with good alliteration for a letter starting with “z”. Vav: The Hebrew letter Vav has very straight lines which is why we named this letter Very Straight Vav. We remember it because the letter Hey Has a Hole on the left hand side between the bottom vertical line and the top horizontal line. If there is a Hey at the end of the word and the Hey has no vowel under it, then it is silent.
Hey: The letter Hey makes an “h” sound like happy. The top is long and straight and protrudes out slightly at the angle. Dalet looks exactly like a diving board which is why we refer to this letter as Diving Board Dalet. The letter looks like it is casually standing with its leg out so we can also remember it by the phrase Gimme a Leg Gimel.ĭalet: The letter Dalet makes a “d” sound like dog. That’s because you Get All the Gelt in the pile if it does. Gimel makes a “g” sound like girl. Gimel: If you spin a dreidel on Hanukkah, you hope it lands on the letter Gimel. The bellybutton vanished and the letter is now vacant. Vet: The letter Vet is the letter Bet’s twin, but it doesn’t have a dot in the middle of it. We remember it as Bellybutton Bet because there is a dot or bellybutton in the center of this letter. We remember it as “X Marks the Spot” because the letter looks like an X when printed.īet: The second letter, Bet, makes a “b” sound like boy. Look to the vowel below, next to, or over and verbalize the vowel sound instead. Click here for a printable version of the Hebrew Alphabet Chart Learn the Letters in the Hebrew AlphabetĪlef: The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Alef is silent. And, if you are looking for a Hebrew vowels chart, use this page.
If you would like to learn how to handwrite the Hebrew Aleph Bet in print or in Hebrew cursive, check out this post. These final letters have the same sound as their counterparts but look different. Hebrew letter BET has a “b” sound like boy in English. There are five Hebrew letters that change their shape if they are the last letter in a word. Hebrew letters sound like their English counterpart unless otherwise specified. There are also more in-depth explanations of each Hebrew letter below. Use the Hebrew alphabet chart below to help facilitate with your learning of the Hebrew letters as well as learning to read Hebrew.
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