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  2. Esthaol (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    Esthaol or Eshtaol, in Hebrew: אֶשְׁתָּאֹל (Eshṭa'ol), in Ancient Greek: Εσθαολ (Esthaol), is a town mentioned in the Bible. It corresponds to a locality near Sar'a , approximately 20 km west of Jerusalem .

  3. Modern Hebrew phonology - Wikipedia

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    Modern Hebrew has 25 to 27 consonants and 5 vowels [1], depending on the speaker and the analysis. Hebrew has been used primarily for liturgical, literary, and scholarly purposes for most of the past two millennia. As a consequence, its pronunciation was strongly influenced by the vernacular of individual Jewish communities. With the revival of ...

  4. Help:IPA/Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hebrew on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hebrew in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  5. List of English words of Hebrew origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin.Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw (ת ‎) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.

  6. Hebrew alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. It does not have case. Five letters have different forms when used at the end of a word. Hebrew is written from right to left. Originally, the alphabet was an abjad consisting only of consonants, but is now considered an "impure abjad".

  7. Hebrew phonology - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew phonology may refer to: Biblical Hebrew phonology; Modern Hebrew phonology; Tiberian Hebrew This page was last edited on 15 July 2021, at 09:09 (UTC). ...

  8. Shva - Wikipedia

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    As with a shva na, standard syllabification determines that letters pointed with a fleeting vowel diacritic be considered part of the subsequent syllable, even if in modern Hebrew pronunciation this diacritic represents a full-fledged syllable, thus e.g. the phonologically trisyllabic word הֶעֱמִיד ('he placed upright'), pronounced ...

  9. Hebraization of English - Wikipedia

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    ו ‎ (at beginning of a word or in the middle, when not next to a vav acting as a vowel [/o/ or /u/]) (full spelling וו ‎: Vav is doubled in the middle of a word but not at the beginning except if initial affix letter except "and" prefix), ב ‎ (at end of a word or in the middle, when next to a vav acting as a vowel [/o/ or /u/])