Rabbi Dr. Jana De Benedetti’s Hebrew Aleph Bet Helper Chart
Description Number Sound Name Cursive Block Book Form Form Form Pointing in all directions, 1 ‘ Aleph t silent (glottal stop) ` t Base at Bottom 2 B Bet C Bar goes Beyond A C Ball in Belly or BellyButton Void or Vacuum in Bet (2) V Vet a c c Gap at the bottom 3 G Gimmel b d d Dingle Dangle Doohickey 4 D Dalet c s s Hole Here and Hanging 5 H Heh v {silent at end of word} d v Very narrow, Very straight 6 V Vav e u u Zig-Zag 7 Z Zayin f z z (none of the above) 8 H Het g j j Tear at the Top 9 T Tet h y y You are teenY tinY 10 Y Yod i h h Curved with Cough drop 20 K Kaph M F F kaph with sore throat (20) KH KHaph k f f kaph with sore throat (20) kh Final l l [end of word] Khaph j taLLest Letter with 30 L Lamed k L shaped Lookout l k
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Description Number Sound Name Cursive Block Book Form Form Form Mountain with Missile and 40 M Mem n bottoM Missing n n MarshMallow (40) m Final o o [end of word] Mem m Narrow Nose with Nostril 50 N Noon p b b Narrow Nose No Nostril (50) n Final i i below liNe [end of word] Noon o Circular or Sliced 60 S Sameh q x x quiet as an eye 70 ` `Ayin g silent (voiced glottal stop) r g Profile of Person with 80 P Peh P Pill in mouth R P Fangs in Front (80) PH PHeh p Feel the air Flow t p Fangs in Front below line (80) ph Final ; ; [end of word] PHeh s twisted preTZel 90 TZ TZadee v m m twisted preTZel below line (90) tz Final . . [end of word] TZadee u looks like Q 100 Q Qoph w e e Rounded 200 R Resh x r r
Shoosh out of your teeth 300 SH SHin Shine; SHe is always right W J J
SSS air out of your teeth (300) S Sin Sun; no Sin to be a lefty U G G aTTached at Top lefT, and a 400 T Tav , Tail or Toe aTTached at z , boTTom lefT
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