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The International Phonetic Alphabet for Hebrew is shown below in charts which shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the Hebrew language using the Modern/Israeli Hebrew pronunciation.

See Hebrew phonology for a more complete version.

Note: An image of the chart is also available.

IPA: Hebrew Consonants IPA Letter(s) English Examples Trans. p פּ ףּ (Pei) pen, spin, tip p b בּ (Bet) but, web b t ט (Tet), ת (Tav) two, sting, bet t d ד (Dalet) do, odd d tʃ צ׳ (Tsadi with geresh) chair, nature, teach ch dʒ ג׳ (Gimel with geresh) gin, joy, edge j k כּ ךּ (Kaph) cat, kill, skin, queen, thick k ɡ ג (Gimel) go, get, beg g f פ ף (Fei) fool, enough, leaf f v ב (Vet), ו (Vav) voice, have v θ ת׳ (Tav with geresh) thing, teeth th ð ד׳ (Dalet with geresh) this, breathe, father th s שׂ (Sin), ס (Samech) see, city, pass s z ז (Zayin) zoo, rose z ʃ שׁ (Shin) she, sure, emotion, leash sh ʒ ז׳ (Zayin with geresh) pleasure, beige varies h ה (Hei) hen h m מ ם (Mem) man, tam m n נ ן (Nun) no, tin n l ל (Lamed) left, bell l ʁ ר (Resh) (guttural R) (Rhotic consonant) ex. run r w ו׳ (Vav with geresh) we w j י (Yud) yes y χ ח (Chet) כ ך (Chaph) Scottish loch ch (or kh) ʔ א (Aleph), ע (Ayin) uh-(ʔ)oh unwritten ts צ ץ (Tsadi) תס (Tav-Samech) תשׂ (Tav-Sin) tsunami, pizza ts (or tz)

IPA: Hebrew Vowels IPA Letter(s) English Examples Trans. i י(Hiriq-Yud), (Hiriq) city, see, ski, leaf i e (Zeire), (Segol) bed, lead, said e a (Kamatz), (Patach) run, enough a u וּ (Vav with shuruk), (Kubutz) soon, through u o וֹ (Vav with cholom) no, tow o IPA: Hebrew Diphthongs IPA Letter(s) English Examples Trans. ej י (Segol-Yud), (Zeire) day, pain, table ei aj י (Patach-Yud), י (Kamatz-Yud) fine, why ai oj וֹי (Vav with holam male-Yud) loin, boy oi uj (rare) וּי (Vav with shuruq-Yud) chop suey, phooey ui ao (rare) או (Alef-Vav) town, mouse ao ju (rare) יוּ (Yud-Vav with shuruk) cute, beauty , circular yu ij (rare) יְ(Hiriq-Yud with Shva Nach) i.e. "נִיְלֵן" nij'lɛn — iy

See also

• International Phonetic Alphabet
• Hebrew phonology
• Hebrew alphabet
• Hebraization of English
• Romanization of Hebrew

External links

• The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005) Symbols for all languages are shown on this one-page chart.

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