Alef booklet/ Unit VI Hebrew In Action! Alef Booklet – Unit VI Copyright © 2013 by Lee Walzer All rights reserved. 1 Alef booklet/ Unit VI 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 VI Unit VI The letters are . Tav Shin/ Sin Resh Kuf 3 Alef booklet/ Unit VI A letter to students Welcome Back Students, Congratulations again! Now you know the first eighteen letters in the Hebrew alef bet. In this unit you will learn the last 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 VI Table of Contents THE LETTER KUF .......................................................................................................... 6 How to write a Kuf? .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Practice writing Kuf .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Circle the Kufs ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Writing Practice ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 Reading Practice ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Write Your Own Hebrew Story! ............................................................................................................................. 10 The Letter Resh ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 How to write a Resh? .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Practice writing Resh .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Circle the Resh ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 Reading Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 The Letter Shin .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 How to write a Shin? ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Practice writing Shin ............................................................................................................................................... 20 Circle the Shin ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Reading Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 The Letter Sin ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 What’s with 2 Letters that Make the S Sound? ....................................................................................................... 24 How Do I Tell שׂ and שׁ Apart? ............................................................................................................................... 24 Practice writing Shin ............................................................................................................................................... 25 Circle the Sins! ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Reading Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 The Letter Tav ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 How to write a Tav? ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Practice writing Tav ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 Reading Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 Write a Story ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................... 35 Sound Matching I ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 Sound matching II ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 37 ..................................................................................................... ִמילוֹן - DICTIONARY 5 Alef booklet/ Unit VI The Letter Kuf makes a K sound, like in ק The Hebrew letter Kuf ָקוֹקה ָקוֹלה Koka Kola ֵק ְנגוּרוּ Kenguru Kaktus ַק ְקטוּס Other Hebrew words that start with Kuf include .(easy) ַקל Got up/Woke up) and Kal) ָקם Kam 6 Alef booklet/ Unit VI How to write a Kuf? A Kuf looks like this: This is how you write it: Practice writing Kuf. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Kuf with no help? Show your work below: 7 Alef booklet/ Unit VI Circle the Kufs ר ש ת א ק ב ק ף ן ס ג ד ה פ ק י ט ם מבּ נ ל ְך ק Writing Practice Complete the sentences/phrases by filling in the missing letters and vowels. The father got up (Haav kam). __ ָא__ __ם A hook on the roof? Easy! (Vav al hagag? Kal!) 8 Alef booklet/ Unit VI ָו__ ַﬠ__ ַה__ג? __ל! Reading Practice .1 האב קם. .2 גם הפאג קם. .3 גם הצב קם. .4 הדג זז בים. .5 הצב צף בים אך לא נד. 9 Alef booklet/ Unit VI .6 גם לא נח הצב. .7 האב נח בגן. .8 גם נם. Write Your Own Hebrew Story! Write a short story using the words in the Word Bank below (You don’t need to use all of them) ָצב ָדג ָצף ַגג ָנם ָקם 10 גם י םבּה Alef booklet/ Unit VI 11 Alef booklet/ Unit VI The Letter Resh makes the R sound, like in the ר The letter Resh Hebrew words ָרדיוֹ Radyo ָרדיוֹ- ֵטייפּ ָנ ַייד Radyo-Tayp (Boom box) Nayad ַרב Rav (rabbi) ָרץ Ratz (ran) .(Rock music) ֶרוֹקנ'רוֹל as well as Rokenrol 12 Alef booklet/ Unit VI The Jewish holiday of Rosh also begins רֹאשׁ ַה ָשׁ ָנה Hashana with Resh. Finally, we have several short words that begin ַרע soft), Ra) ַרְך argued), Rach) ָרב with Resh: Rav .(only) ַרק bad), and Rak) How to write a Resh? A Resh looks like this: This is how you write it: 13 Alef booklet/ Unit VI Practice writing Resh. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Resh with no help? Show your work below: One final thing – If you’ve studied French or Spanish at school, pronounce the letter Resh like you would in French or Spanish. You’ll sound like an Israeli if you do! 14 Alef booklet/ Unit VI One of the big hits of the Israeli rock group Tislam was their song Radyo ִתּ ָיסל ם Loud) ָרדיוֹ ָח ָזק Chazak ָנ ֵגן Radio). Nagen oto chazak (!Play it LOUD) אוֹתוֹ ָח ָזק! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynDP2F3hcmc Circle the Resh כ ק ר ט ב ו א י ק ץ ף ְך פ ד ג ע ק ן ד ר צ נ ב ה Writing Practice Complete the sentences by filling in the missing letters and vowels. The father argued in the park (Haav rav bagan) ָהא__ __ב בג__. 15 Alef booklet/ Unit VI The pug is soft (Hapag rach) ַֹה__אג __ְך Only the fish floated (Rak hadag tzaf) ַר_ ַה__ __ __ף The turtle woke up in the park (Hatzav