Last Updated on November 9, 2021
Learn new Hebrew words and phrases with English and transliterations
The Hebrew Alphabet – אותיות האלף בית
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. It does not have an upper or lower case, but five letters have different forms when used at the end of a word. Hebrew is written from right to left.
| Transliteration | Hebrew Letter | Hebrew Word |
| Aleph | א | אל”ף |
| Bet | ב | בי”ת |
| Gimmel | ג | גימ”ל |
| Dalet | ד | דל”ת |
| Hey | ה | ה”י |
| Vav | ו | ו”ו |
| Zayin | ז | זי”ן |
| Chet | ח | חי”ת |
| Tet | ט | ט”ת |
| Yod | י | יו”ד |
| Kaf | כ | כ”ף |
| Lamed | ל | למ”ד |
| Mem | מ | מ”ם |
| Mem sofit (when used as the last letter of a word) | ם | מ”ם סופית |
| Nun | נ | נו”ן |
| Nun sofit (when used as the last letter of a word) | ן | נו”ן סופית |
| Samech | ס | סמ”ח |
| Ayin | ע | עי”ן |
| Pay or Fay | פ | פ”י |
| Fay sofit (when used as the last letter of a word) | ף | פ”י סופית |
| Tzadik | צ | צדי”ק |
| Tzadik sofit (when used as the last letter of a word) | ץ | צדי”ק סופית |
| Kuf | ק | קו”ף |
| Resh | ר | רי”ש |
| Shin | ש | שי”ן |
| Taf | ת | ת”ף |
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