### Consonants
|Letter|Name of Letter|Transliteration|
|---|---|---|
|א|aleph|’ (a closing single quotation mark)|
|ב|beth|b|
|ג|gimel|g|
|ד|daleth|d|
|ה|he|h|
|ו|waw|w|
|ז|zayin|z|
|ח|heth|kh (but h in _hesed_)|
|ט|teth|t|
|י|yod|y|
|כ, ך|kaph, final kaph|k|
|ל|lamedh|l|
|מ, ם|mem, final mem|m|
|נ, ן|nun, final nun|n|
|ס|samekh|s|
|ע|ayin|‘ (an opening single quotation mark)|
|פ, ף|pe, final pe|p|
|צ, ץ|tsadhe, final tsadhe|ts|
|ק|qoph|q|
|ר|resh|r|
|שׂ|sin|s|
|שׁ|shin|sh|
|ת|taw|t|
### Vowels
|Symbol|Name of Vowel|Transliteration|
|---|---|---|
|ַ|patakh, furtive patakh|a|
|ָ|qamets|a|
|ה ָ|final qamets he|ah|
|ֶ|segol|e|
|ֵ|tsere|e|
|י ֵ|tsere yod|e|
|ִ|hireq|i|
|י ִ|hireq yod|i|
|ָ|qamets hatuph|o|
|ֹ|holem|o|
|וֹ|full holem|o|
|ֻ|qibbuts|u|
|וּ|shureq|u|
|ֳ|hateph qamets|o|
|ֲ|hateph patakh|a|
|ֱ|hateph segol|e|
|ְ|vocal shewa|e|
|ּ|daghesh or mapiq|if a vowel precedes a daghesh, double the consonant|