Hebrew Alphabet

As promised to the other readers on Zaydoun's blog, here are the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. You can spell your name now!

א = ‘alef (‘)
ב = beth (b)
ג = gamel (g)
ד = dalet (d)
ה = he (h)
ו = vav (v/w)
ז = zayin (z)
ח = het (h)
ט = tet (t)
י = yod (i/y)
כ ,ך = kaf (k/kh)
ל = lamed
מ ,ם = mem (m)
נ ,ן = nun (n)
ס = samekh (s)
ע = ‘ayin (‘)
פ ,ף = pe’ (f/p)
צ ,ץ = tsade (ts/tz/z)
ק = qof (q)
ר = resh (r)
שׁ, שׂ = shin, sin (sh, s)
ת = tau (t)

Some letters represent two different sounds like sin/shin and pe' is both f and p. As you can see, 5 letters have 2 forms: one regular and one final. The final forms of the letters are on the left. I have included the English equivalent of the letters on the right, with some modifications. Since my computer can't put dots underneath the letters you have a partial transliteration. The letter "het" is usually written with a dot under the h, the "tsade" as an s with a dot, and the "tet" is a t with a dot. The letter "yod" is sort of like an i sound and when it occurrs at the beginning of the word, it can be like y. This is what usually comes up as j in English: this is because in the Middle Ages, Latin users shaped their is differently and the j was born.

Hope you all enjoy!