Aleph-Bet

The Hebrew Aleph-Bet

The Aleph Bet, the Hebrew Alphabet, has 22 letters (five of which appear in a different form at the end of a word) which are all consonants. Hebrew is written from right to left. During the years a system of vowels called nikud was added, but these are mostly seen in school books and prayer books. Newspapers, signs, magazines and most other printed materials in Israel today do not use nikud.

Take the first step to learning Hebrew by learning the Aleph Bet.

Letter	Block	Script	Rashi	#	Sound	Color	Card	Info.
Aleph				1
Bet				2
Vet				–		–		–
Gimmel				3
Dalet				4
Hey				5
Vav				6
Zayin				7
Chet				8
Tet				9
Yod				10
Kaf				20
Haf				–		–		–
Haf Sofit				–	–	–		–
Lamed				30
Mem				40
Mem Sofit				–	–	–		–
Nun				50
Nun Sofit				–	–	–		–
Samech				60
Ayin				70
Pey				80
Fey				–		–		–
Fey Sofit				–	–	–		–
Tsadie				90
Tsadie Sofit				–	–	–		–
Qof				100
Resh				200
Shin				300
Sin				–		–		–
Tav				400