Segol

Segol
ֶ
IPA	ɛ
Transliteration	e
English example	bed
Same sound	tzere
Example
שֶׁל
The word for of in Hebrew, shel. The triangular array of three dots under the word form the segol.
Other Niqqud
Shva · Hiriq · Tzere · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Kubutz and Shuruk · Rafe · Sin/Shin Dot

Segol (Template:Lang-he-n IPA: [seˈɡol]) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign that is represented by three dots forming an upside down equilateral triangle "ֶ ". As such, it resembles an upside down therefore sign (a because sign) underneath a letter. In modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme /e/ which is similar to "e" in the English word sound in sell and is transliterated as an e.

In Modern Hebrew, segol does the Hataf Segol (Template:Lang-he-n IPA: [ħaˈtaf seˈɡol], "Reduced Segol"). The reduced (or ħataf) niqqud exist for segol, patah, and kamatz which contain a shva next to it.

Pronunciation

The following table contains the pronunciation and transliteration of the different segols in reconstructed historical forms and dialects using the International Phonetic Alphabet. The transcription in IPA is above and the transliteration is below.

The letters Bet "ב" and Het "ח" used in this table are only for demonstration. Any letter can be used.

Symbol	Name	Pronunciation
		Modern	Ashkenazi	Sephardi	Yemenite	Tiberian	Reconstructed
		Modern	Ashkenazi	Sephardi	Yemenite	Tiberian	Mishnaic	Biblical
Template:Hbrbet Template:Hbrseggol	Segol	[e̞]	[e̞]	[e̞]	[a]	[ɛ, ɛː]	?	?
Template:Hbrbet Template:Hbrseggol Template:Hbryod, Template:Hbrbet Template:Hbrseggolה, Template:Hbrbet Template:Hbrseggol Template:Hbralef	Segol Male	[e̞]	[e̞]	[e̞]	[a]	[ɛː]	?	?

חֱ	Hataf Segol	[e̞]	[e̞]	[e̞]	[a]	[ɛ̆]	?	?

In addition, a letter with a segol or tzere with a succeeding yod often makes the "ei" (also spelled "ey") sound such as in they or tape.

By adding two vertical dots (shva), the vowel can be made very short. However, the vowels lengths are not manifested in Modern Hebrew.

Glyph	Unicode	Name
ֶ	U+05B6	SEGOL
ֱ	U+05B1	HATEF SEGOL