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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.
In Traditional Hebrew words can end with an H consonant, e.g. when the suffix "-ah" is used, meaning "her" (see Mappiq). The final H sound is hardly ever pronounced in Modern Hebrew. The final H sound is hardly ever pronounced in Modern Hebrew.
In Hebrew orthography, niqqud or nikud (Hebrew: נִקּוּד, Modern: nikúd, Tiberian: niqqūḏ, "dotting, pointing" or Hebrew: נְקֻדּוֹת, Modern: nekudót, Tiberian: nəquddōṯ, "dots") is a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative pronunciations of letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
The dot in the middle of some of the letters, called a dagesh kal, also modifies the sounds of the letters ב , כ and פ in modern Hebrew (in some forms of Hebrew it modifies also the sounds of the letters ג , ד and/or ת ; the dagesh chazak – orthographically indistinguishable from the dagesh kal – designates ...
Note 1: The letters "א " or "ב "represent whatever Hebrew letter is used. Note 2: The letter "ש " is used since it can only be represented by that letter. Note 3: The dagesh, mappiq, and shuruk are different, however, they look the same and are inputted in the same manner. Also, they are represented by the same Unicode character.
For the most accurate transliteration, below is a table describing the different vowel sounds and their corresponding letters. Hebrew has only 5 vowel sounds, with lack of discrimination in Hebrew between long and short vowels. In comparison, English which has around 12 vowel sounds (5 long, 7 short) depending on dialect.
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Letters in black, niqqud in red, cantillation in blue. There are two types of Hebrew accents that go on Hebrew letters: Niqqud, a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative pronunciations of letters; Hebrew cantillation, used for the ritual chanting of readings from the Bible in synagogue services