Alef booklet/ Unit IV Hebrew In Action! Alef Booklet – Unit IV Copyright © 2013 by Lee Walzer All rights reserved. 1 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Alef-Bet Chart This is the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet). Each letter has a name and makes a sound – just like in English. א בּ ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט Tet Chet Zayin Vav Hay Daled Gimmel Vet Bet Alef י כּ כ ְך ל מ ם נ ן ס Samech Final Nun Final Mem Lamed Final Khaf Kaf Yud Nun Mem Chaf ע פּ פ ף צ ץ ק ר שׁ שׂ Sin Shin Resh Koof Final Tzadi Final Fay Pay Ayin Tzadi Fay תּ ת Tav Tav 2 Alef booklet/ Unit IV In this unit, we will learn the following letters: ל מ ם נ ן ס Final Nun Final Mem Lamed Samech Nun Mem 3 Alef booklet/ Unit IV A letter to students Welcome Back Students, Congratulations again! Now you know the first eleven letters in the Hebrew alef bet. In this unit you will learn the next 4 letters. Be prepared to use all the information you learned in Units I and II as you go through this booklet. Enjoy! Lee Walzer and Galeet BenZion 4 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Table of Contents The Letter Lamed ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 How to write a Lamed? ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Practice writing Lamed ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Color the Lameds ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Find the Lameds ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Reading Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 11 The Letter Mem ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 How to write a Mem? .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Practice writing Mem .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Color the Mems! ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Find the Mems! ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 The Final Mem ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 How to write a Mem Sofit? ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Practice writing Mem Sofit ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Color the Mem Sofiyot ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Circle the Mem Sofiyot ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 The Letter Nun .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 How to write a Nun? ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Practice writing Nun ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Color the Nuns ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 Read the Story and Translate................................................................................................................................... 24 The Final Nun ............................................................................................................................................................ 27 How to write a Nun Sofit? ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Practice writing Nun Sofit ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Color the Final Nuns ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Circle the Final Nuns ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Reading Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 The Letter Samech ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 How to write a Samech? .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Practice writing Samech .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Tongue-Twister Time! ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Writing Practice I .................................................................................................................................................... 37 Writing practice II ................................................................................................................................................... 37 A WORD BANK .......................................................................................... 37/ ַבּק ִמ ִילים 5 Alef booklet/ Unit IV 39 ..................................................................................................... ִמילוֹן - DICTIONARY 6 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Unit 4 The Letter Lamed makes the L sound, like in the ל The letter Lamed Hebrew words ִל ָימוֹנ ָדה Limonada ִל ְינג ִוו ִיני Lingvini ֶל ֶחם Lechem We say the Hamotzi ֶ.ל ֶחם prayer before we eat 7 Alef booklet/ Unit IV How to write a Lamed? A Lamed looks like this: This is how you write it: Practice writing Lamed. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. 8 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Can you write Lameds with no help? Show your Lameds below: Color the Lameds 9 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Find the Lameds צ מ ל א ן ם ב כ ש ד ל פ ל ה פ ק ר ף ץ ת ג ט י ל Writing Practice The Hebrew word Lah means “To her.” Fill in the missing letter in the word Lah below: ___ה The Hebrew word Gal means “Wave.” Fill in the missing letter in the word Gal below: ַג__ The Hebrew word Dal means “Light” (as in weight or a food that is Dal-Kaloriyot, low-calorie) 10 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Reading Practice Read the following Hebrew words out loud .1 ַלְך ַגל .2 ַחג ַגב .3 ַדל ָדג .4 ָאב ַבּד .5 ַזז ַלה 11 Alef booklet/ Unit IV The Letter Mem makes the M sound, like in the מ The letter Mem Hebrew words ִמ ִיקי ַמאוֹס Meekee Maus ִמ ְילק ֵשׁייק Milkshayk ָמ ֶת ָמ ֶט ָיקה Matematika ִמוּס ָיקה Musika 12 Alef booklet/ Unit IV ַמ ְק ַדוֹנלד'ס that you can eat at in Israel? The last Hebrew word that starts with Mem that which means , ַמה we’ll learn is the word Mah “What.” How to write a Mem? A Med looks like this: 13 Alef booklet/ Unit IV This is how you write it: Practice writing Mem. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Mems with no help? Show your Mems below: 14 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Color the Mems! Find the Mems! ת מ ם ב כ א ע ט י ל צ מ מ ג ד ש פ ְך ף ז ר מ ה צ Writing Practice Complete the fish’s back (Gav Hadag or “Back of the Fish”) by filling in the blank letters and adding the vowels, as needed, underneath the letters. __ב ָ__ד__ 15 Alef booklet/ Unit IV Write “The fish moved” (Hadag zaz) by filling in the missing letters and adding the vowels. __ ___