This article is Romanization of Hebrew - maybe seperate letters from things now - see epson291/1 for diphthongs
The Transliteration for Hebrew is shown below in charts which shows concisely the most common way in which transliteration is applied to represent the Hebrew language using the Modern/Israeli Hebrew pronounciation.
See Romanization of Hebrew for a more complete version.
- Note: An image of the chart is also available.
Consantants | |||
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Hebrew | IPA | English Examples | Transliteration |
א (Aleph) | /ʔ/ | uh-(ʔ)oh | unwritten |
בּ (Bet) | /b/ | but, web | b |
ב (Vet) | /v/ | voice, have | v |
ג (Gimel) | /ɡ/ | go, get, beg | g |
ג׳ (Gimel with chupchik) | /dʒ/ | gin, joy, edge | j |
ד (Dalet) | /d/ | do, odd | d |
ד׳ (Dalet with chupchik) | /ð/ | this, breathe, father | th |
ה (Hei) | /h/ | hen | h |
ו (Vav) | /v/ | voice, have | v |
ו׳ (Vav with chupchik) | /w/ | we | w |
ז (Zayin) | /z/ | zoo, rose | z |
ז׳ (Zayin with chupchik) | /ʒ/ | pleasure, beige | varies |
ח (Chet) | /x/ | Scottish loch, Chanukah | kh (or ch) |
ט (Tet) | /t/ | two, sting, bet | t |
י (Yud) | /j/ | yes | y |
כּ ךּ (Kaph) | /k/ | cat, kill, skin, queen, thick | k |
כ ך (Chaph) | /x/ | Scottish loch, Chanukah | kh (or ch) |
ל (Lamed) | /l/ | left, bell | l |
מ ם (Mem) | /m/ | man, tam | m |
נ ן (Nun) | /n/ | no, tin | n |
ס (Samech) | /s/ | see, city, pass | s |
ע (Ayin) | /ʔ/ | uh-(ʔ)oh | unwritten |
פּ ףּ (Pei) | /p/ | pen, spin, tip | p |
פ ף (Fei) | /f/ | fool, enough, leaf | f |
צ ץ (Tsadi) | /ʦ/ | tsunami, pizza | ts (or tz) |
צ׳ (Tsadi with chupchik) | /tʃ/ | chair, nature, teach | ch |
כּ ךּ (Kuf) | /k/ | cat, kill, skin, queen, thick | k |
ר (Resh) | /ʁ/ | (guttural R) (closest to letter "r") ex. run |
r |
שׁ (Shin) | /ʃ/ | she, sure, emotion, leash | sh |
שׂ (Sin) | /s/ | see, city, pass | s |
ת (Tav) | /t/ | two, sting, bet | t |
ת׳ (Tav with chupchik) | /θ/ | thing, teeth | th |
Vowels | |||
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Hebrew | IPA | English Examples | Transliteration |
(Kamatz) | /a/ | run, enough | a |
(Patach) | /a/ | run, enough | a |
(Zeire), (Segol) | /e/ | bed[1] | e |
(Kubutz) | /u/ | soon, through | u |
י (Segol-Yud), (Zeire) | /ej/ | day, pain | ei |
תס (Tav-Samech) תשׂ (Tav-Sin) |
/ʦ/ | tsunami, pizza | ts (or tz) |
יִ (Yud with chiriq), (Hiriq) | /i/ | city | i |
וֹ (Vav with cholom) | /əʊ/ | no, tow | o |
וּ (Vav with shuruk) | /u/ | soon, through | u |
- ^ Often transcribed /e/ for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.