### 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|