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The Hebrew Alphabet (scroll 1) Your Name in English: (left to right) ____________________________________

Name Sound # Value Letter How to Draw Practice Practice

ALEPH silent, usually a vowel SILENT 1 A

BET - VET “b” as in “box” (with

dot) “v” as in “victory” (without dot) B/V 2 b B

GIMMEL “g” as in “gorilla” G 3 g

DALET “d” as in “dog” D 4 d

HEY “h” as in “hello” H 5 h

VAV (WAW) “v” as in “victory”

“w” as in “way” V/O/U/W 6 w

ZAYIN “z” as in “zebra” Z 7 z

CHET “ch” as in “Bach”

gutteral sound (hard “h”) CH 8 j

TET “t” as in “train” T 9 f

YOD “y” as in “you”

(could also be a J in english) Y/J 10 y

KAF - KHAF “k” as in “kick”

(with dot) “ch” as in “Bach” (without dot), last position in word = final kaf

K/KH 20 i k K

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The Hebrew Alphabet (scroll 2) ____________________________________ Your Name in Hebrew (right to left)

Name Sound # Value Letter How to Draw Practice Practice

LAMED “l” as in “light” L 30 l

MEM “m” as in “mother,”

last position in word = final mem M 40 < m

NUN “n” as in “no,”

last position in word = final nun N 50 / n

SAMEKH “s” as in “say” S 60 s

AYIN silent, usually a vowel SILENT 70 u

PEY - FEY “p” as in “play” (with

dot) “f” as in “father” (without dot), last position in word = final fey

P/F 80 [ p P

TSADE “ts” as in “what’s up,”

last position in word = final tsade TS 90 J x

QOF “q/k” as in “quick” Q/K 100 q

RESH “r” as in “run” R 200 r

SHIN - SIN “sh” as in “show”

(dot right) “s” as in “say” (dot to the left)

SH/S 300 v c

TAV “t” as in “train” T 400 T