Hebrew for Christians

The Complete Hebrew Vowel List

Mark

Name

Sound

Hebrew

Trans.

Class

a'

Qamets

a as in aqua

#meq'

Long

a;

Patach

a as in aqua

xt;P;

Short

a]

Chateph Patach

a as in aqua

xt;P; @jex'

Reduced

ha'

Qamets Hey

a as in aqua

ahe #meq'

ah

Long

ae

Tsere

e as in they

yrEce

Long

a,

Segol

e as in they

lAgs,

Short

a/

Chateph Segol

e as in they

lAgs, @jex'

Reduced

yae

Tsere Yod

ei as in eight

dAy yrEce

ei

Long

ya,

Segol Yod

ey as in obey

dAy lAgs,

ey

Long

ai

Chireq

qr<yxi

Short

yai

Chireq Yod

i as in
machine
i as in
machine

dAy qr<yxi

Long

ao

Cholem

o as in yellow

~l,Ax

Long

a\

Chateph Qamets

o as in yellow

#meq' @jex'

Reduced

a'

Qamets
Chatuph

o as in yellow

@Wjx' #meq'

Short

Aa

Cholem Vav

o as in yellow

ww" ~l,Ax

Long

au

Qibbuts

u as in blue

#WBqi

Short

Type

A-Type

E-Type

I-Type

O-Type

U-Type

Wa

Shureq

u as in blue

qr<Wv

Long

a.

Sheva

Vocal: short e
Silent: no sound

aw"v.

(vocal)
Short

Combined Sounds

ya; ya' yIa; yAa yWa wya'

ai

ai

aiy

oy

uy

av

(long)

(long)

(long)

(long)

(long)

(long)

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