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    This document provides a simplified chart and a full chart of Hebrew vowels and their pronunciation. The simplified chart lists the main Hebrew vowel sounds and their English approximations. The full chart provides more detail on the different vowel types, including historically long and short vowels, and notes on vowels that can occur with or without vowel markers called matres lectionis. It aims to help readers understand the pronunciation of written Hebrew vowels.

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    This document provides a simplified chart and a full chart of Hebrew vowels and their pronunciation. The simplified chart lists the main Hebrew vowel sounds and their English approximations. The full chart provides more detail on the different vowel types, including historically long and short vowels, and notes on vowels that can occur with or without vowel markers called matres lectionis. It aims to help readers understand the pronunciation of written Hebrew vowels.

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    Hebrew Vowels

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    This document provides a simplified chart and a full chart of Hebrew vowels and their pronunciation. The simplified chart lists the main Hebrew vowel sounds and their English approximations. The full chart provides more detail on the different vowel types, including historically long and short vowels, and notes on vowels that can occur with or without vowel markers called matres lectionis. It aims to help readers understand the pronunciation of written Hebrew vowels.

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    Hebrew Vowels - Simplied Chart

    matres
    lectionis
    sounds

    h
    a

    qamets1

    tsere/tsere yod2

    hirek yod3

    holem/holem vav2

    shurek

    y"

    yi

    (Ow)

    w%

    (ball)

    (they)

    (machine)

    (open)

    (lure)

    patach

    segol

    hirek

    qamets hatuph

    qibbuts

    (ball)

    (bet)

    (hit)

    (on)

    hataph patach

    hataph segol

    sheva

    hataph qamets

    long

    short

    half / reduced
    (short in
    duration)

    ( )

    (ball)

    (bet)

    :
    (careen)

    U
    (under)

    ?
    (on)

    1. Qamets He ( h )F is also a vowel. It is pronounced like the qamets and it only occurs at the end of a word.
    2. These vowels frequently occur both with and without the matres.
    3. This vowel will infrequently occur without the matre.

    Hebrew Vowels - Full Chart

    matres
    lectionis
    sounds

    historically
    long

    h
    a

    qamets he1

    tsere yod

    hirek yod

    holem waw

    shurek

    hF y"

    yi

    wo

    w%

    (ball) /

    (they) /

    (machine) /

    (open) /

    (lure) /

    qamets

    tsere

    hirek2

    holem

    qibbuts2

    long

    "

    (ball) /

    (they) /

    (machine) /

    (open) /

    (lure) /

    patach

    segol

    hirek2

    qamets hatuph

    qibbuts2

    short

    half / reduced
    (short in
    duration)

    (ball) /

    (bet) /

    (hit) /

    (on) /

    hataph patach

    hataph segol

    sheva

    hataph qamets

    J
    (ball) /

    V
    (bet) /

    :
    (careen) /

    U
    (under) /

    ?
    (on) /

    1. Qamets He ( h )F occurs only at the end of a word.


    2. Both hirek and qibbuts can be long or short. Assume the vowel is short unless it is in an open or stress syllable.

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