Aleph Bet The Practical Way 10 Hebrew Reading Lessons

Aleph Bet the Practical Way
Lesson 1

Lesson 1
(c)Rahel Halabe
Subjects covered:
- Consonants , , , , , , ,
Silent:
- Vowels [ ] , [ ] ,[ ] ,[ ]
- Adjective follows noun
.1
New Consonants
2
(M)
New Vowels
,(L) ,(Sh)
[ ] ,[ ]
Vowel summary
[]
sun
[ ]
or
Practice reading the following syllables.

1 In this case, the letter is used as a vowel. Later on you will also encounter the letter as a consonant.
2 This is the 'final' letter (M). You will later learn the letter (M) the way it appears at the beginning and at
the middle of a word.
Lesson 1
! .2
Good Morning
Note: The Hebrew adjective always follows the noun.
Thus, the expressions you may have heard:
Shanah Tovah, Hagg SameyaH, Refu'ah Shleimah
New Consonants
(T)
New Vowels
,(R) ,(K) ,(V) ,(B)
[ ] []
Vowel summary
[]
[]
sun
[ ]
or
[]
get

2

Lesson 1
Practice reading the following words (Biblical, Modern, or both, familiar

or not). Comprehension at this level is not necessary!

Lesson 2

Lesson 2

(c)Rahel Halabe
Subjects covered:
- Consonants
Silent:
- Vowels
, , , ,
[ ] , [ ] , ] [ ,[ ]
- No Verb Sentence
- Subject Pronoun: I =
. .1
.
.

I am Rahel
I am Asher .
I am Shoshanah.
New Consonants
quiescent
silent
New Vowels
,(N) ,glottal stop

,(H)
] [,[ ] ,[ ] ,[ ]
Where is the Hebrew verb 'to be' in the above two sentences?
Hebrew does have the verb 'to be' but it is not used in such sentences indicating the present
tense. These are verbless sentences.
Vowel summary
[ ]
[]
sun
[]
[]
get
[ ]
[ ]
or
[]
] [
bee
Lesson 2

Practice reading the following words (Biblical, Modern, or both, familiar or

!not). Comprehension at this level is not necessary

"

silent
silent
"

!

2


!

Lesson 2

!

"

Lesson 3

Lesson 3
Subjects covered:
- Consonant:
Silent
- Vowels
(c)Rahel Halabe
, , ,
[ ] ,[ ]
silent sheva [ ]
- Subject Pronouns
- Gender
? .1
.
Who are you (m. singualr)?

I am Mosheh.
who? = ?
New Consonants
New Vowels
(T) ,(M)
[]
[]
[ ]
[]
Vowel summary
sun
[]
[]
get
[ ]
[ ]
or
[]
] [
bee
Lesson 3

.2
Sing:

Lesson 3
Practice reading the following words:
!$! &
$ $(
! ! !
? .3
.
Who are you (f. singular)?

I am Rivqah
? .4
.$
Who are you (m. singular)?

I am Avraham.
New Consonants
1
(H)
New Vowels
no vowel
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
Singular
I
you
you
You encountered the letter

is a consonant.

[]

1st. Person
m.
f.
2nd. Person
in Lesson 1 as a silent letter appearing at the end of a word. Here the letter
3
Lesson 3
[ ]
Vowel summary
sun
[]
[]
[]
get
[ ]
[ ]
or
[]
] [
bee
[]
sister
[]
Silent Shevva
No Vowel
Closing a
syllable

Make sure to distinguish among:
, ,

Lesson 3

( $
! &
silent
Who is he?
He is Mikhael?
? .5

?
.
Who is he?
He is Uri.
He is a friend. He is a good friend
New Consonants
(Kh)
silent
. !.
New Vowels
[ ]
You encountered the letter ( as a glottal stop) which is pronounce according to the vowel attached. Here
you are introduced to the same letter when no vowel is attached. In such a case, the is silent.
Vowel summary
sun
get
][
Lesson 3
] [
][
][
or
] [
] [
bee
] [
][
blue
] [
sister
][
] [
Silent Shevva
;No Vowel
Closing a
syllable

Lesson 3

- $ . !
$ ($
( - .
$
Who is she?
She is Le'ah.
Who is she?
She is Rivqah. She is a good friend.
Singular
you
you
he
she
silent

1st. Person
m.
f.
m.
f.
? .6
.
?
. !.
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
2nd. Person
3rd. Person
Lesson 3
Practice reading the following words (Biblical, Modern, or both,
silent
! . $
- -
( $
( $ $
. - (
(! ( ( ( (! !
(( $ ( (
(! ( $
! $
(! !
!$

!familiar or not). Comprehension at this stage is not necessary
silent
vowel
vowel
.
! &
. ! ( .
!! ! ( .
(
!$
(
8
silent
Lesson 3
! 0 $
! $! !
! $
(! ! ! (
! $ $! !$
$
! ( $ $
( $ $! $
$ ! $ $
! $! !! ! $! $!
$
& ! $!
$
-
( $ $ $ $ $!$
( $ $ $ $ $! $$
$! $ $! $ $ $$
$
( ( $!
. ( $ $
.
(
( $ ! $
9

Lesson 3
( $!( $

! ( !!

2 2 2 2
2 $!$
.
$!
( ! $ ( !$ $
! $ !$! $ $

. $
! !
( !$
10
Lesson 4

Lesson 4
(c)Rahel Halabe
Subjects covered:
- Consonant: , ,
- Vowels: Vocal Shevah [
Conjuctive
]
I am Yits'haq
New Consonants
(Ts)
, consonant
(Y)
. .1
New Vowels
In Lesson 1 you encountered the letter as a silent letter. Here, with a vowel
attached, the letter is pronounced as a consonant (Y).
Vowel summary
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
sun
[ ]
[]
[ ]
[ ]
or
[ ]
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
Silent Shevva
No Vowel.
Closing a
syllable
get
sister
Lesson 4

, .2
. ,
. ,
She is Sarah, and I am Yisra'el.

He is Moshe, and I am Miriam.
Shalom, Moshe and Miriam.
Sarah and Le'ah, Shanah Tovah!
Hanah and Avraham, Hatimah Tovah!
New Consonants
(S)
consonant (V)
! , % .3
! ,'
New Vowels
Vocal Shevah
[]
Note: The Hebrew Conjunctive [printed in large fornts in the above sentences (2 & 3)] is a prefix, not a free
standing word. It may appear with various vowels.
and
The most common Conjunctive you will encounter, is vocalized with the newly introduced
here vocal sheva [
In Lessons 1 & 2 you encountered the letter caring the vowels & . Here the letter is a consonant
(V).
2
Make sure to distinguish between (Sh) with its dot on the right hand side, and the (S) introduced here
with its dot on the left hand side.
1
Lesson 4
[ ]
[]
Vocal Sheva
starting a
syllable
Vowel summary
[ ]
sun
[ ]
[ ]
[]
[ ]
[ ]
or
[ ]
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
Silent Sheva
No Vowel.
Closing a
syllable
Do not confuse: The sign
[]
get
sister
indicates 2 different shevas:
The sheva you learned in Lesson 2 is the silent sheva (= no vowel, as in sister).
It closes a syllable. For example:

, ,
However, the vocal sheva introduced here, starts a word or a syllable and
sounds like 'e' in get3.
For example:
, , , ),
In today spoken Hebrew, and in the case of some consonants, you will often hear the
vocal sheva too, slurred to a no-vowel.
For example:

will be pronounced 'Shlomo' and not 'Shelomo'
3
3
Lesson 4

Lesson 4
vowel
vowel
silent
=

,

)

-
.!

)

,

% % % %
" "
.4
Sing:

,
,
.
,
,

,
.
Lesson 4
silent
) ) )
) )
silent
vowel
vowel
silent

1

1 , )
3 2
1 3
) 1

=

)
4
) )
-
.!

)

6
Lesson 4
2
,
)

) )
1

% %
)
1

) 3

%3

)
1 )
3 3
)
Lesson 5

Lesson 5
(c)Rahel Halabe
Subjects covered:
- Consonants , , = , , ,
- The Indicative ,
- The Definite Article
Rosh-HaShanah is a holiday.
New Consonants
(G)
.1
New Vowels
Vowel summary
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
sun
[]
get
Vocal Sheva
starting a
syllable
[ ]
#[ ]
or
[ ]
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[ ]
sister
Silent Sheva
No Vowel.
Closing a
syllable
#%
%
1

Lesson 5
.2
Sing
(Note: Letters vocalized with Vocal Sheva are printed here in larger fonts)

Who are you (f. singular)?

I am Ya'el.
And I am Ya'aqov. [ ~ Nice to meet you]
[ ~ Nice to meet you]
New Consonants
?( .3
.
. * .

. *
New Vowels
glottal stop 1 ,(D)

. .4
.#*#
Shavu'ot is a good-day [= holiday].
. #
Shavu'ot is a good-day [= holiday].
.#*# #
Rosh-HaShanah and Shavu'ot are holidays .*%
#
is NOT silent!
Lesson 5

#
#

#
#
#
# # * #*
* * * *
0
1
2# 21 2 * 2
2 3 * *
3* 0
#
3 #
2 2* 2(# #2 *2

#
Lesson 5
Who is this?
2
? .5
* ?
.#2 ?
.
.2 ?
This is David.
And who is this?
This is Adam.
Who is this?
This is Devorah.
Who is this?
This is Dinah
New Consonants
(Z)
New Vowels
The Indicatives
this
f.
, m.
5

3
! # 7
# # " " 3

Read the following syllables. Watch for letters that look similar.

#
#
#
#
#
#
#
Lesson 5
Look at a map and point:

This is Egypt.
This is Israel.
This is Jerusalem.
This is Tel-Aviv.
.* .6
.0
.*
(
This is the Galilee.

This is the Negev.
.% .7
. <
The Hebrew Definite Article is a prefix attached to nouns or adjectives(See 6 above in

large fonts). It may be vocalized with different vowels.
the

.2 < .8
This is Dan, and this is Ben, and this is Hanan. .
3 , 2
This is Hannah, and this is Dinah.
New Consonants
final
New Vowels
= (N)
2 #
# 3
# = # #3 # #1 # 5
3

Lesson 5
.9
Greet your friends:
#!
#!
!Good Evening
!Good Night
.10

Sing:
http://www.zemereshet.co.il/song.asp?id=1089
# *
( ( A 3
*
silent
A 3
3# 3 3
3 3
3# 3
# *

%
% #% * %
1
* 2
2# 21 2
2 3 * *
3* 0
#
3 #
2 2* 2(# #2 *2
Lesson 5

#
*
silent ( # B
(#
# 3
##

% % * #
#
# #
vowel*#
#

vowel

7 #!
3

#
silent

3
# C *
3# # # 3
# # C D # *#
*## * * 1*! * *
3

*
3
# 3*
*#
#!
7
Lesson 5
B *##
#
A
3 3* #
3
Final
#
3 #
# #1# 3 # #
5
3* * * * *#*
3
#
#
# # * #*
* * * *
G # G #G *
#
0

# 3 3

3
* 3 * (#
0 #
0 0

#
*
3 *#
3 *#
(# # (
3 *#
Lesson 6

Lesson 6
Subjects covered:
- Consonants
- Vowels
(c)Rahel Halabe
=
[ ]
, = , =

David is a king.
Shelomo is a king.

David and Shelomo are kings.
New Consonants
Final
.1
New Vowels
= (KH)
? , .2
. ,
[How are you Dan?]

[Well, Thanks.]
?$ ,
[How are you Dinah?]

[Well, Thanks.]
(from the prayer book)

. ,
... .3

1
Lesson 6
David is a king.
Shelomo is a king.
Vashti is a queen.
Esther is a queen.
. .4
.

. *
. *
. , .5
Moshe is a prophet, and Aharon is a priest.
New Consonants
New Vowels
,(K).
(S)
Vowel Practice. Read the following syllables.
, , ,
/ / /

. . .

Make sure to distinguish among:
Rosh HaShanah is a holiday.

Shavu'ot is a holiday.
Sukkot is a holiday.
Hanukkah is a holiday.
. 2 .6
.
. .

. .
.4 ,. , .
,2 .7
New Consonants
New Vowels
[ ]
Lesson 6
[ ]
[ ]
[]
[ ]
Vocal Shevah
starting a syllable
Vowel summary
[ ]
[]
sun
get
[ ]
[ ]
or
[ ]
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
sister
[]
Silent Shevva
No Vowel
ending a syllable
.8
'
'
" ' !
(The priestly blessing, Numbers 6:24-26)
New Consonants
Final
7 = (K).
This final letter may rarely appear as
New Vowels
7 , pronounced as K and as in the verse above.
Lesson 6


!
,

. $ & .9
(from the Passover Haggadah)
(Numbers 12:13)
New Consonants
(F)
.' .10
New Vowels

Lesson 6
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. .
.
.
<.
.12 < .
.
New Consonants
New Vowels
>

!
Review:
)(B
)(K
)(P
)(P
(V) /
(KH) /
(F) /
/
/ .14 / /
> .
/
>
Lesson 6
>
>
/

.

>
;;/
;
;;.
;
;
;>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;

< <

<

;
;< <
;
;
;

< <

<

<

<

<

<

<
;
;
;
;
;
;

;
Lesson 6

7

;
;
;
;
2
* * A /

silent 2 A /
/ / / / /
/ .
/ /

4
! 4 4 >4
B B
/
7

Lesson 6
/ <

/
*

2 .
silent * C
2 * ; .
/ 2

> .
4 4

vowel

/
vowel
/ >. >
E !
F
&
>
/ /
>
$
B!
/ ;7 H

silent

8
,
,
/ / .
! *
C
/ .
A

/
*
/ )

/ . . .
; . ; . .
. ) ;>. 7 H > .

Lesson 6
>
/
/ /
2 / ;7 H
Final

/
B /
; / . . *
; . ; . >

>

>

"

9
Lesson 6
* F *
/ >4
> >. > > > >4
> . > ; > > > . >
I I I
> ; >
/ /

< !! !
2 /
/
/ * .
>. >
>
< <
2

/ .
/
* *
/ ; . *
10
Lesson 7

Lesson 7
Subjects covered:
- Vowels:
(c)Rahel Halabe
] [ = ] [
& two possible readings of ] [
.1

New Consonants
New Vowels
] [ = ] [
These identical sounding vowels ( )] [ = ] [appear only at the end of a

word. In them, the following the vowels ( [ ] or [ ] ) is not silent, but
sounds as a consonant (Y) with no vowel.
However, the following vowel ()] [, which appears either in the middle or
at the end of a word, has two possible pronounciations, depending on which
tradition you follow, Sepharadic or Ashkenazic.
New Consonants
New Vowels
like
] [
way or like get
a. If you follow the Sepharadic reading tradition (also more common also in
spoken Hebrew today), you pronounce the ] [exactly like the [ ] you
already learned, and keep the silent.
b. If you follow the Ashkenazic reading tradition, you do sound the in ] [
as a consonant (Y) with no vowel .
1
Lesson 7
Choose your prefered reading tradition and read the following:
.2

[ ]
[]
Vocal
Shevah
starting a syllable
Vowel summary
[ ]
] [
] [
pie
[ ]
[]
get
] [
(When you encounter
way or get
[ ]
[ ]
or
[ ]
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
sister
Silent Shevva
No Vowel
ending a
syllable
sun
[ ]
] [read it according to your prefered tradition).

2

!

$

1

1

,
-

!

$

!

$

Lesson 7
+
,

.3

Lesson 7
)(from the Siddur
.4 ,
,
,
!
(from Kabbalat Shabbat Service) .
.5 ,
" )(Psalms 144:15

)(Psalms 84:5
& .6 %
)(Isaiah 50:9
...
(
.7 )
)(IKings 3:14
Lesson 8

Lesson 8
Subjects covered:
- Letters: =
, =
- Vowels: [ ] ,[ ] = [ ]
(c)Rahel Halabe
New Consonants
New Vowels
[]
like or
The sign [ ] indicates 2 different vowels:

The first and most common is the one which you already learned.
For example, in the word , pronounced like the English vowel in

sun.
The second, introduced here, is much less common.
It sounds like the English vowel O in or.
You will find it mostly in the frequently occurring word
= all, any, every1
.1
,

,

.

,

.

, , ,
.
. , ,
Sing:
(Rabbi Nahman of Breslav)
[Note: In some new prints of the Siddur or the Torah, new designs of this
vowel are used, for example: T instead of ].
1
=
Lesson 8
[ ]
[]
Vocal
Shevah
starting a syllable
[]
Vowel summary
sun
[ ]
[ ]
] [
] [
pie
[ ]
[]
get
] [
way or get
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
or
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
sister
Silent Shevva
No Vowel
ending a
syllable
? ! # .2
,$ &$# & ... .3

,$ &'$# )
) )$&
(Deuteronomy 6:7) .$
)
(from the Kiddush)
# &+ # .5
, ') $ .6
(Psalms 145:15)
(Psalms 23:6)
... $ & .4
Lesson 8
Sing:
.7
)

(Naomi Shemer) 0
$

, .8

,
,

New Consonants
New Vowels
[]
Note: This vowel is not common.
[ ]
[]
[ ]
] [
] [
[ ]
Vocal
Shevah
starting a syllable
[]
[ ]
pie
get
] [
[ ]
[ ]
sun
[]
way or get
[ ]
[]
Vowel summary
[ ]
or
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
sister
Silent Shevva
No Vowel
ending a
syllable
Lesson 8
(from the Siddur)

(Psalms 15:1)

.9
$ & + $
) &.10
(Exodus 12:2)

! .11

.12
(Genesis 1:1)
New Consonants
Final
New Vowels
$ = (Ts)
[]
[ ]
[]
Vocal Shevah
starting a syllable
[]
[]
[ ]
[ ]
] [
] [
[ ]
pie
get
] [
way
[ ]
[ ]
sun
[]
[ ]
[]
owel summary
[ ]
or
] [
bee
[ ]
blue
[]
sister
Silent Shevva
No Vowel
ending a
syllable
Lesson 8
$ $ ' $ ) $
'
.13
(Genesis 2:18) '
2
$)
' # $) &.14
+ 5
? ! # .15
...6 & ) )
' ).16
8
9
6
$
$ +
$ &+)

.17

(Exodus 3:8)
)
Sing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7kbM7VwNf4
Lesson 8
.18 & 8
) ,
)
+ +,,
)
# & 8

&) , +,) .
.19
/
' -
New Vowels
New Consonants
)0 = (F
/0
)(the Israeli Anthem
0/
0/
-0/
& #.
.20'
+ ).
+ ).
+ ').
+ ) ) ).
$ :.
)(from the Siddur
Final
Lesson 9

Lesson 9
Subjects covered:
(c)Rahel Halabe
, , at the end of a word
The complex vowels introduced in this lesson are not straightforward.

They appear only at the end of a word, and only with the consonants , ,
printed with the vowel [ ] underneath. In such cases, you do not read the
, , as you learned up to now. Rather, you pronounce their vowel [ ]
just before the consonants , , , while the consonants themselves are
pronounced with no vowel. This way, the vowel [ ] is not attached to any
consonant, and produces the sounds closest to ya or wa (as explained
below in a. & b.).
Let us try this through a few examples. Eventually, with much reading
practice of common vocabulary, you will be able to 'sight read' words with
these complex vowels.
a. When the vowel preceding , , is [ ] or ] [, the vowel [ ] under
the , , moves back (between the last two consonants of the word) and
produces a sound closest to ya. Look at the following examples. On the
right you see the words as they are printed. Follow the arrow and read them
with the ya sound inserted just before the last letter ( any of , ,), and
that last letter pronounced with no vowel.
ya
ya
V
ya
Lesson 9
The following illustration may be helpful in describing the last two syllables
in such words:
!
V[]=
ya
V[ ]=
ya
] [
] [
V[]=
ya
V[ ]=
ya
] [
] [
(from the blessing after meals)

.1

: .2

? .3
.
2

& (
Lesson 9
b. When the vowel preceding , , is [ ] ,

[ ] or [ ] , the vowel [ ]
under the , , moves back (between the last two consonants of the word)
and produces a sound closest to wa. Look at the following examples. On the
right you see the words as they are printed. Follow the arrow and read them
with the wa sound inserted just before the last letter (any of , , )and
that last letter pronounced with no vowel.
V
wa
V
wa
V
wa

The following illustration may be helpful in describing the last syllables

such as in the above words:
V
[ ] =
V [ ]=
wa
wa
V [ ] =
wa
] [

V
[ ] =
] [

wa
] [
V[ ]=
] [
] [
V [ ] =
] [
wa
wa
Lesson 9

.4 ,

)?(Passover Haggada: What's on the Seder Plate
.5
...

)(Deuteronomy 11:13
.6 ( '

/

/
, )(Exodus 23:12

Lesson 10

Lesson 10
Subjects covered:
- Suffix ] [
(c)Rahel Halabe
.1
This very common suffix1 ] [ should be read ignoring the and
pronouncing the at its end as a consonant (V).
, , ' , .2

.
(Psalms 144:15)
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Practice reading the following syllables.