Like the Alphabet, The letters in Hebrew are called the Alef - Beyt and they are presented on my blog from bottom to the top so you can learn them order, then to read them right to left. You will see what the original "Bible" said and what the names meant as they went through the stories of old.

Here is Shin: Symbolizing a tooth of ivory, or flames licking up. Both in the consumption sense.

The word "shen" is the word for tooth. The word "esh" means fire (Deut. 9:3) literally, a consuming fire.

It is the twenty-first letter. It is a consonant . It is also the number 300

The pronunciation depends on where the dot is:

• if on the left, pronounce it like "s"
• if on the right, pronounce it like "sh"

Here is a word you must know...

Asher means "that" or "which"

Most famous in a phrase everyone knows. Moses asked "What am I to tell them when they ask who sent me?"

"Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (I am/will be that I am/will be)"

And then, of course, we have Jacob's name. The nation:

(note the position of the dot, and the pronunciation difference of the two words)

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Where we are so far?

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Only one more letter you are done! Can you remember the pronunciation of all the previous letters?

Let's also start studying our vowels. There are five sounds for them.

Here is a chart.

• the square represents any letter.
• the vowels are positioned as they would be in a written word.
• there are five lines of vowels - five sounds

On the left a word that contains the vowel sound

On the right a representation of that sound.

They are nearly the same as in Spanish and in the same order!

I have to say that there are slight differences - one might be a little longer than the one next to it, but the sound is the same. There are also combinations that may extend the sound of a vowel. I will leave this chart on the next seven lessons as we go through more letters.

We will soon be reading so get your Hebrew Bible soon! Click here to obtain the book we will using in a few short weeks. It is a free download - or browser usable

Thanks for taking the time to read.

I am retiring early this evening - Shabbat Shalom to all.
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