Aleph – Silent • Looks like an X, cancels out sound א Bet – B • Has a belly button
בּ Vet - V • Vacant or vacuumed out – nothing in the middle ב Gimel - G • Looks like a runner about to start a race, 3, 2 1, Go! ג • Has little legs which go! Dalet – D • Dalet is dented ד • Diving board Hey - H • Torn in half on one of the sides ה Vav - V • Vertical line ו Zayin - Z • Zig zag ז Chet - Ch • Looks like a house or hut ח Tet – T • Open or torn on the top
ט Yud - Y • Yud is the smallest letter, just like the youngest in the
family י Kaf - K • Has a cough/kaf drop in its mouth כּ Chaf -Ch • Does not have a cough drop and so it has a lot of phlegm
in its throat כ Final Chaf – Ch • Almost all final letters look like their non-final
counterpart if you bend up the long tail ך Lamed – L • Looks like a lightning bolt ל Mem – M • Looks like a mountain (with a man climbing) מ Final Mem - M • Shaped like a marshmallow ם Nun - N • Looks like a door knob / handle נ Final Nun - N • Almost all final letters look like their non-final
counterpart if you bend up the long tail ן Samech - S • Shaped like a circle, if you draw a line on top looks like a
sailboat ס Ayin - Silent • Looks like a “y” and when you yawn, you can’t talk ע Pay – P • Has a pimple פּ • Has a penny in pocket Fay – F • The penny fell out of its pocket פ • Looks like a face Final Fay – F • Almost all final letters look like their non-final
counterpart if you bend up the long tail ף Tzadee – TZ • Looks like slices of pizza צ Final Tzadee – TZ • Almost all final letters look like their non-final
counterpart if you bend up the long tail ץ Kuf – K • Looks like the legs of a dancer about to kick ק • Poof it’s a Koof! Resh – R • Resh is rounded
ר Shin – SH שׁ Sin – S • The dot of A SIN IS NEVER on the RIGHT
ֹש Tav - T • Has a toe ת
Vowel Memory Tricks
AH ַ א AH ָ א Indicates a syllable break. ְ א E ִ א EH ֶ א EH ֵ א O • OH, look up in the sky! The dot is Over! וֹ U • Choo Choo Train, Falling down the stairs hurts OO! ֻא U • The sound you might make if your stomach hurt. וּ