Help:IPA/Hebrew

"Hebrew" may refer either to Modern Israeli Hebrew, classical languages such as Biblical or Mishnaic Hebrew, or to various pronunciation traditions used in liturgical settings.

Modern Hebrew

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Modern/Israeli Hebrew language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Since Modern Hebrew has both non-Oriental and Oriental pronunciation, certain letters may be transcribed differently depending on the background of the speaker. See Hebrew phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hebrew.

Note: An image of the chart is also available.

IPA: Hebrew Consonants IPA Letter(s) English approximate Romanization b Template:Hebrew (Bet) bet b d Template:Hebrew (Dalet) dark d dʒ Template:Hebrew (Gimel with geresh) joy ǧ or j f Template:Hebrew (Fei) fool f or p̄ ɡ Template:Hebrew (Gimel) go g h Template:Hebrew (Hei) hen h ħ Template:Hebrew (Chet) no English equivalent ḥ or ch j Template:Hebrew (Yud) yes y k Template:Hebrew (Kaph) Template:Hebrew (Qoph) skin k l Template:Hebrew (Lamed) left l m Template:Hebrew (Mem) man m n Template:Hebrew (Nun) no n p Template:Hebrew (Pei) spin p q Template:Hebrew (Qoph) no English equivalent q or k ʁ Template:Hebrew (Resh) run r s Template:Hebrew (Samech) Template:Hebrew (Sin) see s ʃ Template:Hebrew (Shin) she š or sh t Template:Hebrew (Tet) Template:Hebrew (Tav) sting t ts Template:Hebrew (Tsadi) cats ts (or tz) tʃ Template:Hebrew (Tsadi with geresh) chair č or ch v Template:Hebrew (Vet) Template:Hebrew (Vav) Template:Hebrew (double Vav) voice v or ḇ/w w Template:Hebrew (double Vav) Template:Hebrew (Vav) we w χ Template:Hebrew (Chet) Template:Hebrew (Chaph) Similar to Scottish loch ḥ/ḵ or ch/kh z Template:Hebrew (Zayin) zoo z ʒ Template:Hebrew (Zayin with geresh) beige ž ʔ Template:Hebrew (Aleph) Template:Hebrew (Ayin) uh-(ʔ)oh ʾ or ' ʕ Template:Hebrew (Ayin) no English equivalent ʿ or '

IPA: Hebrew Vowels IPA Letter(s) English approximate Romanization a Template:Hebrew (Kamatz),  (Patach), father a e (Zeire),  (Segol),  (Shva) bed e i Template:Hebrew(Hiriq-Yud), (Hiriq) see i o Template:Hebrew  (Holam alone), Template:Hebrew (with any mater lectionis),ָ (Kamatz katan) story o u Template:Hebrew (Vav with shuruk), (Kubutz) boot u IPA: Hebrew Diphthongs IPA Letter(s) English approximate Romanization ei Template:Hebrew (Segol-Yud), (Zeire) day ei ai Template:Hebrew (Patach-Yud), Template:Hebrew (Kamatz-Yud) why ai oi Template:Hebrew (Vav with holam male-Yud) boy oi ui Template:Hebrew (Vav with shuruq-Yud) we ui ao (rare) Template:Hebrew (Alef-Vav) cow ao ju (rare) Template:Hebrew (Yud-Vav with shuruk) cute yu ij (rare) Template:Hebrew(Hiriq-Yud with Shva Nach) i.e. "Template:Hebrew" [nijˈlen] like see iy

IPA: Marginal Sounds
IPA	Letter(s)	English approximate	Romanization
ð	Template:Hebrew (Dalet with geresh)	this	th
ŋ	Template:Hebrew (Nun-Gimel),	ring	ng
θ	Template:Hebrew (Tav with geresh)	thing	th

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of Hebrew pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), e.g. Template:Hebrew ('food') /ˈʔoχel/, Template:Hebrew ('eating' [participle]) /ʔoˈχel/
ˌ	Secondary stress, e.g. Template:Hebrew ('oh, really?') /ˌhaʔumˈnam/
ː	Long vowels (in Tiberian Hebrew) can be transcribed using the IPA gemination sign ː, e.g. the word for "hand" would be Template:Hebrew /jaːd/ in absolute state and Template:Hebrew /jad/ in construct state. Indicating normative consonant gemination is done with a double consonant, e.g. Template:Hebrew ('a thief') /ɡanˈnav/ not /ɡaˈnːav/

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.