Lesson One: The Alephbet Objectives • to learn the name of each letter • to learn the sequence of the letters • to learn the shape of the letters in book print and cursive • to learn the pronunciation of each letter • to be introduced to the four (five) guttural letters, the daghesh, the six begedkephet letters, the three emphatic letters and the five final letters The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

The Alephbet zero Terminology Gutturals Originally pronounced in the throat Terminology Gutturals Cannot double Terminology Gutturals Affect vowels around them The Alephbet 

The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v or b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

Terminology

Daghesh Hardens the pronunciation Terminology

BeGeDKePheT Letters The Alephbet  The Alephbet  v The Alephbet  v violin The Alephbet  The Alephbet  b The Alephbet  b boy The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v or b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

Terminology

Daghesh Terminology

BeGeDKePheT Letters The Alephbet

g go      The Alephbet

g go      The Alephbet

g go  ? The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

Terminology

Daghesh Terminology

BeGeDKePheT Letters The Alephbet

 The Alephbet

 d The Alephbet

 d dog The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

The Alephbet  Terminology

Guttural The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h in hat   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h in hat   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h in hat   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h in hat   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h in hat   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in go   Dalet d   He h in hat   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet   Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet   Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet   Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet   Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch

Terminology

Guttural The Alephbet  The Alephbet  ch The Alephbet  ch loch The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Aleph zero   Bet v b   Gimel g in good   Dalet d   He h   Vav v   Zayin z   Het ch in loch The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero Terminology

Emphatic Letter The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

Terminology

Daghesh Terminology

BeGeDKePheT Letters The Alephbet  The Alephbet  ch The Alephbet  ch loch The Alephbet  The Alephbet  k The Alephbet  k key The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero Terminology

Final Letters Have a different shape at the end of a word The Alephbet    The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

Terminology

Final Letters The Alephbet     The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

Terminology

Final Letters The Alephbet     The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero

Terminology

Guttural The Alephbet  The Alephbet   Tet t   Yod y k or   Kaph ch in loch   Lamed l   Mem m   Nun n   Samekh s   ‘Ayin zero The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t

Terminology

Daghesh Terminology

BeGeDKePheT Letters The Alephbet  The Alephbet  f The Alephbet  f fan The Alephbet  The Alephbet  p The Alephbet  p pan Terminology

Final Letters The Alephbet   The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t Terminology

Emphatic Letter Terminology

Final Letters The Alephbet   The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t

Terminology

Emphatic Letter The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t

Terminology

Guttural The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t

The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t

Terminology

Daghesh Terminology

BeGeDKePheT Letters The Alephbet  The Alephbet  t The Alephbet  t toy The Alephbet  The Alephbet

  Peh p   Tsadhe ts   Qoph k   Resh r   Sin s   Shin sh   Tav t Summary

Guttural Letters א ה ח ע ר Summary BeGeDKePHeT Letters       Summary

Emphatic Letters    Summary Final Letters      Summary Letters that look alike           Summary Letters that sound alike       