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The Hebrew group has being going for four years. It meets on Monday evenings 7.30 pm at the Homestead. Frank the teacher is a most remarkable man to say the least. As a young man of twelve, his home Synagogue was Stoke-on-Trent where he studied Hebrew and liturgy. His romance with the Hebrew language has continued all his life. He carried his pocket Torah with him, even when he studied linguistics at the Moscow University. He is at home with most European linguistics, but his passion has always been Torah. This is Frank! A better friend you will not find, and a better teacher of Hebrew, would be hard to find! Over the last four years Frank has taught around 40 people to read Hebrew from the Torah. If you would like more information about this group, please Contact us. |
Below is a chart to help you get started. You may need to download our special Font so that you can read the Hebrew letters clearly.
| Letter | Name of Letter | Transliteration | Num. | Final Form | Num. Final Form | Sound |
| א | 'Āleph | ' | 1 | Silent or glottal stop | ||
| ב | Bêth | bh - v | 2 | v | ||
| בּ | Bêth | b | 2 | b | ||
| ג | Gîmel | gh - g | 3 | g | ||
| גּ | Gîmel | g | 3 | g | ||
| ד | Dāleth | dh - d | 4 | d | ||
| דּ | Dāleth | d | 4 | d | ||
| ה | Hē | h | 5 | h | ||
| ו | Wāw | w - v | 6 | v | ||
| ז | Zayin | z | 7 | z | ||
| ח | Chêth | ch | 8 | ch in Scottish loch | ||
| ט | Ţêth | ţ | 9 | t | ||
| י | Yôdh | y | 10 | y | ||
| כ | Kaph | kh | 20 | ך | 500 | ch in Scottish loch |
| כּ | Kaph | k | 20 | ךּ | 500 | k |
| ל | Lāmedh | l | 30 | l | ||
| מ | Mêm | m | 40 | ם | 600 | m |
| נ | Nûn | n | 50 | ן | 700 | n |
| ס | Şāmekh | ş | 60 | s | ||
| ע | 'Ayin | ' | 70 | Silent or glottal stop | ||
| פ | Pē | ph | 80 | ף | 800 | f |
| פּ | Pē | p | 80 | ףּ | 800 | p |
| צ | Tzādhê | tz | 90 | ץ | 900 | tz |
| ק | Qôph | q | 100 | k | ||
| ר | Rêsh | r | 200 | r | ||
| שׁ | Šîn | Š | 300 | sh | ||
| שׂ | Sîn | s | 300 | s | ||
| ת | Tāw | th - t | 400 | t | ||
| תּ | Tāw | t | 400 | t |
| Vowel | Name | Transliteration | Sound |
| ַ | Pathach | a | As in mat |
| ֶ | Sĕghôl | e | As in then |
| ִ | Chîreq (short) | i | As in hit |
| ָ | Qāmetz-Chaţûph | o | As in top |
| ֻ | Qibbûtz | u | As in shut |
| ָ | Qāmētz | ā | As in calm |
| ֵ | Cere | ay | As in obey |
| ֵי | Cere | ay | As in obey |
| ִי | hireq | ee | as in bee |
| ַי | Pathach | a | As in die |
| ָי | Pathach | a | As in die |
| וֹ | Cholem | o | As in boat |
| וּ | Shureq | u | As in food |
Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew
