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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.
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'.
Hebrew script Translation Pronunciation Language Explanation Shalom: שָׁלוֹם Hello, goodbye, peace Hebrew A Hebrew greeting, based on the root for "completeness". Literally meaning "peace", shalom is used for both hello and goodbye. [6] A cognate with the Arabic-language salaam. Shalom aleichem: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם
Gaily wrapped baskets of sweets, drinks and other foodstuffs given as mishloach manot on Purim day. Mishloach manot (Hebrew: משלוח מנות [miʃˈlo.aχ maˈnot], literally, 'sending of portions'; also spelled and pronounced mishloach manos), or sh(a)lach mones (Yiddish: שלח־מנות Yiddish pronunciation: [ʃ(a)ɫaχˈmɔnəs]), and also called a Purim basket, are gifts of food or ...
Whenever 'ḥ' is used, it refers to ḥet. Resh is represented by an 'r,' though it's equivalent to Spanish 'r,' Spanish 'rr,' or French 'r,' depending on one's dialect. In all other regards, transliterations are according to the modern Hebrew pronunciation, based on the Sephardi tradition.
Closely related to the Sephardi pronunciation is the Italian pronunciation of Hebrew, which may be regarded as a variant. In communities from Italy, Greece and Turkey, he is not realized as [h] but as a silent letter because of the influence of Italian, Judaeo-Spanish and (to a lesser extent) Modern Greek, all of which lack the sound.
Romanization includes any use of the Latin alphabet to transliterate Hebrew words. Usually, it is to identify a Hebrew word in a non-Hebrew language that uses the Latin alphabet, such as German, Spanish, Turkish, and so on. Transliteration uses an alphabet to represent the letters and sounds of a word spelled in another alphabet, whereas ...
Tsoureki (Greek: τσουρέκι) also known as šurēk (Hijazi Arabic: شُريك), cöreg, čʿorek, katʿnahuncʿ (Armenian: չէօրէկ, չորեկ, կաթնահունց), çörək (Azerbaijani), çyrek (), kozunak (Bulgarian: козунак), cozonac or paskalya çöreği is a sweet holiday bread made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar and commonly seasoned with orange zest ...